Chapter 105 Breeding

Roman soon learned about the moldy grain.

Most people found it when they moved.

Not only the farmers found it hard to accept, but he also found it hard to accept.

There was enough grain, but it didn't mean it could be wasted.

So he immediately notified Moore and bought all the farmers' grain.

Grain was not worth much.

There were only a few hundred households in the former town of Sger, and each household had an average of a few hundred kilograms of grain.

Of course, including all the grains, cereals, beans, and a large number of vegetables, there would naturally be thousands of kilograms of grain.

After a winter of consumption, these grains would support them through the spring and then drag on until the summer harvest.

A qualified family that is careful with budgeting will store surplus grain at home to enhance its ability to resist risks.

Among all crops, wheat is the most valuable and can be ground into fine white flour.

Grains such as barley, oats, and rye are second.

Cereals and beans are even worse, and vegetables are the last.

The purchase price added up to more than 200 gold coins.

Roman naturally wouldn't feel bad about the expense.

The purchase process was very simple.

Roman didn't even notify everyone, and directly asked the agricultural officer More to break into their brick house in broad daylight, calculate the weight of the old grain, and then throw the corresponding copper or silver coins in the brick house and take away all the grain.

Purchase according to the market price, pay 500 kilograms for 400 kilograms, and pay 1,000 kilograms for less than 1,000 kilograms.

Estimate high and try to solve this problem quickly.

With prestige and credibility, Roman will never be soft-handed when doing things, and no longer have to worry about these consequences.

The degree of mold on the grain is not very serious, only some of the grain is stained with a little mold.

However, the growth rate of mold is amazing. As long as one place is moldy, it will soon contaminate the whole.

It can be eaten, but it is not necessary.

Roman asked the calves and horses in the manor and the laborers who serve the livestock to selectively pick out the moldy grain, dry it in the sun, cook it, and use it as livestock feed.

The rest of the non-moldy grain is used as a working meal.

In fact, there is no shortage of feed in the livestock shed now.

The 500 mu of grain fields that Roman had arranged for Barlow to plant have been harvested.

Due to the lack of manpower, there are only 100 people on the farmland, and the average yield per mu is only 200 kilograms. Of course, this is still amazing. Compared with the past, the yield per mu has increased five times.

After all, the yield of oats and barley has always been relatively low.

And during the spring plowing period, the farmers - out of distrust of Roman, they secretly planted hundreds of mu of land.

Later, they worked all day and had no time to work in the fields.

And the crops growing in the fields cannot be hidden.

So Roman helped them harvest.

It can only be said that they were neglected and the yield was extremely low, only about 30 kilograms per mu - they at least sowed 10 kilograms of seeds, which is better than nothing.

These grains together can basically meet the feed needs.

Of course, grazing also accounts for a large proportion of forage.

Interestingly, although the land output efficiency of this era is extremely low and agricultural technology is backward,

But if there is no exploitation, even if a farmer has five children, as long as he is diligent enough, he can have three meals a day and be full every day.

This is also the biggest advantage of agricultural civilization. It is absolutely not a wishful thinking for a diligent farmer to support his whole family.

And Roman can't stand this kind of thing.

If the farmers dare not accept exploitation now, I dare not think about what they want to do in the future.

Will they still ask for wages in the future?

I have already provided you with a job, why are you still thinking about wages!

Too greedy!

Why don't the cattle and horses in the livestock shed mention this? They only need feed and forage. Learn more from them.

That day, Roman came to the livestock shed.

There are not many livestock in the livestock shed now, basically some cattle, horses, pigs and sheep.

Although the newly built brick house is enough to accommodate more than 5,000 people, the livestock shed cannot be short of manpower. There are more than 100 laborers living here. Someone delivers meals regularly every day. They take care of these large animals diligently.

The older children of the Origin Manor would also take turns to help them clean up the manure and harvest the grass, otherwise they would be too busy.

Roman carried the sack and poured the cooked food in the bag into their trough.

He recruited Yaki again - he was the two-star apostle recruited last time.

Roman arranged for Yaki to be one of the managers of the livestock shed.

This was a young slave from the plateau. He was not tall, lame and hunchbacked. He said that when he was a child, he was kicked five meters away while feeding horses. One of his feet was lame from then on and he was neglected by his family.

He was classified as a weak person and did what he could.

But Roman found that he had the potential of a two-star, so he threw him into the livestock shed as a manager.

Roman asked him: "How many animals are there in the livestock shed now?"

"Master, there are 173 draft horses, 239 oxen, 167 pigs and 211 sheep." Yaki was very concerned about all the affairs of the livestock shed and had a very good memory.

The animal husbandry industry is well developed in the eastern plateau, where there are vast plateau grasslands.

Every plateau person is extremely sensitive to the number of livestock they take care of. One less or one more is a big deal.

Now the plateau people are bullied by the barbarians further east.

The plateau kingdom is internally corrupt and it is difficult to organize effective defense measures.

Yaki was the victim and thought that his life would be like this, but Roman discovered his talent, gave him power and status, and didn't care that he was a disabled person.

This kindness warmed his heart.

The structure of the livestock shed also opened his eyes.

It was spacious and bright, ventilated and clean, and solid and reliable. It was simply a palace for livestock.

Roman ended the livestock trade with Morey.

The development of Sige Town gradually attracted more merchants.

Most merchants had a small carrying capacity, but they could still pull two oxen and draft horses on the ship, and Roman could exchange them for salt.

Slowly, the number of these livestock increased, and the number of transactions increased.

Roman ordered people to rebuild the dock, expanding the original one dock to five, which could accommodate more merchant ships to berth here, and continuously transport linen, dyes, pottery, canvas, oil and other commodities here.

But Roman felt that it was still not enough, so he asked Daken to go to other markets to buy a large number of piglets, foals, lambs, calves, and chickens, preparing to start large-scale breeding.

Otherwise, there was no way to meet Roman's demand for meat.

Yaki limped and took Roman to the nursery area to let him check the conditions in the nursery area.

The hygiene and feed here are much better than those in the breeding area.

Domestic pigs have a strong ability to give birth. Now there are seventy or eighty piglets and twenty lambs.

The number of calves and foals is the least, less than ten in total.

Foals are draft horses.

This breed of horse is docile and slow, so it can't go to the battlefield. It can only be used for transportation or labor, or let the soldiers of the army experience the pleasure of horseback.

Roman has no plan to form a cavalry team now.

The cost of training a knight is too high.

War horses are also incredibly expensive. A qualified war horse is worth 4 gold coins. If you want to form a team, let alone equipment and personnel, the price of the war horse alone is enough to make the town of Sige drink a pot.

Most of the time, this kind of strategic material cannot be bought even with money, and requires connections.