Chapter 183 Interesting Civilization Phenomena
Roman didn't like Ulster since he was a child.
He didn't like his obesity, his indulgence, his extravagance...
He was obviously the Grand Duke, but he had no executive power at all, and he didn't even handle government affairs.
A pig would be better than him!
At least pigs only need to eat cheap pig food and roam freely.
Roman completely preserved the mind of his previous life, and his views on everything had his own logic.
What is right? What is wrong?
People who are idle deserve to die! Living is just a waste of food!
But even if Ulster has all kinds of shortcomings, it can't erase his only advantage.
He raised his children and gave him the best things he could give - he gave Roman a whole free world, allowing him to do anything without scruples.
He knew he would die, but he didn't expect that he would die so quickly. He left in a hurry before his army arrived at the Split Armor Territory.
Now his death makes Roman feel painful.
Ulster gave him so many things, but he didn't have time to say thank you. Whenever he thought of it, he tossed and turned, feeling guilty.
He used to scold him in his heart, saying that he was an old man and an old man.
At that time, he scolded him with a clear conscience and was arrogant, but now he couldn't sleep all night and wanted to slap himself. I deserve to die!
He wanted to cry, but he couldn't. He had to be rational at this moment.
There was no time to be sad.
He had to face the current dangerous situation.
Roman would never recognize Gale, even if he was the eldest son of the Grand Duke, had legitimacy and strong claims, he would not recognize Gale.
His foothold was given to him by Ulster.
This river valley was also given to him by Ulster.
No one can touch a single blade of grass or a single tree here.
The messenger returned quickly, taking with him Roman's answer -
"Lord Roman will fully support Duke Gale, but the conditions are limited and there is a lack of troops. We will support him when there is an opportunity."
The messenger was very dissatisfied. He was trapped at the dock the whole time and didn't even see Roman.
Seth's excuse for this was that Roman was seriously injured in bed and it was not suitable for him to see guests.
But the messenger didn't believe it at all. If you don't want to see guests, then don't see them. Why block me at the door?
Which vassal dares to do this?
Are you going to rebel?
The messenger will definitely exaggerate Duke Gale when he returns.
Roman doesn't care.
Let him exaggerate.
The messenger is Duke Gale's spy. He can't let the latter bring back what he saw and heard in Seg Town.
The best way is to make him see nothing.
Of course, he doesn't believe that Gale will really turn a blind eye to him.
But Roman also believes that Gale definitely doesn't have time to deal with him now.
He had just come to power, so how could he spend so much energy on a remote vassal? At most, he would keep this in mind.
Any duke with a little political wisdom knew that he could not deprive him of his rights as a lord now.
Gale dared to ask Roman to pack up and leave, so Roman dared to rebel now.
When the news spread, Gale could not bring his army from thousands of miles away to quell the rebellion, and his majesty as a duke would be challenged, which was very disadvantageous to him.
The situation could not be allowed to become stalemate.
Roman was dragging his feet, and Gale would probably drag his feet too.
In the eyes of the new Grand Duke, Roman was not worth mentioning, like a monkey in the palm of the Buddha's hand, who could be dealt with in a moment.
But Roman would never give Gale a chance to make trouble.
He would rebel in advance!
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At the end of April this year.
The soldiers were still in the training stage.
There were casualties in the battle on the river beach.
But Roman immediately filled the gap and maintained the number of soldiers at 2,000.
The main difficulty in supporting professional soldiers lies in two points.
One is food consumption.
During the farming period, agriculture had a huge demand for labor.
Fewer people working means lower productivity.
But...it's lower, so be it.
Now it's a matter of life and death, and lower productivity won't kill you.
Roman attaches great importance to food security. If there's no food, he'll eat vegetables, and if there's no vegetables, he'll eat meat.
Of course, a mixture is best.
The current food reserves will definitely last until summer.
And in summer, the 10,000 mu of winter wheat planted last year can be harvested.
So I have so much food, so what's wrong with feeding 2,000 soldiers?
The second is logistics equipment.
In this era, a soldier's life is not as expensive as his equipment.
What's the difference between a defeat and a victory?
It's that the winner can recycle the equipment on the battlefield, while the loser has to throw away his armor.
Military supplies are very precious things.
The dead soldiers will be stripped naked, sometimes not even a pair of underwear is left. For the lower-level soldiers, these are all wealth - of course, the knight lord doesn't care.
But the steel production in Sger Town was raised last year.
If possible, Roman could arm them to the teeth and turn them into a group of tin cans.
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A very interesting phenomenon of human civilization.
The simpler the social structure, the easier it is to concentrate manpower - as long as the basic survival needs are met.
The disadvantage is that such a society is not developed.
For example, humans lived by gathering and hunting in primitive times, and primitive people were much more leisurely than farmers.
They could collect a whole day's food in one morning, and then catch fleas with their tribesmen in the afternoon.
The disadvantage is that the ability to resist risks is extremely poor and the mortality rate is very high.
On the contrary, the more complex the social structure, the more difficult it is to draw manpower - especially after the great division of labor, the society pays attention to the subdivision of production tasks.
This kind of social structure is naturally very prosperous.
The quality of life has been greatly improved compared to the primitive period, and the diversification of production can provide more choices.
The disadvantage is that the humans in it are getting more and more exhausted, so some people begin to miss the pastoral life.
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Sig Town is in a very special stage.
Compared with this era, its productivity is very developed, but the social structure is very simple.
In other words, as long as Roman meets their basic survival needs, he can mess with his subjects at will.
As long as the leader of the primitive tribe can feed his tribe, let alone one-fifth, even if he trains half of the people into soldiers, it is not a problem. To some extent, it is reasonable to say that all people are soldiers.
Roman is not kidding.
The decline in productivity in Sig Town is only relative to full production.
From the original speed of 10 meters per second, it has dropped to 5 meters per second. Compared with this era of half a meter per second or even stagnation, it can also be called efficient.
At the end of the spring of the second year.
It has made great progress again.
First, the construction team built many brick houses, and the housing shortage was alleviated. The military compound was also built, which only accommodated soldiers with families and settled their families.
After all, one house for one family is the foundation.
Secondly, the pigs, sheep and chickens that have been raised since last autumn have begun to be slaughtered on a large scale.
The meat yield of pigs can be 60%, the meat yield of sheep is 40%, and each chicken has two kilograms of meat.
This means that Roman has an extra 80,000 kilograms of pork, 30,000 kilograms of mutton, and nearly 10,000 kilograms of chicken.
This is a huge meat reserve.
More importantly, this is only the amount of pure meat.
For example, pig heads, sheep heads, pig trotters, sheep trotters, and internal organs and bones are not included.
If all are counted, it will have to add another 100,000 kilograms.
Although Sige Town lacks various spices, it is not short of salt, onions, ginger and garlic.
Roman has plenty of recipes, and these good things cannot be wasted.
Even pig intestines have to be saved for me. They are high in protein and fat, and are considered nutritious in this era. It’s just that they are not easy to preserve, so they have to be eaten quickly.
Pig and sheep marrow are also delicacies.
Those sheepskins and wool can also be used to make clothes.
These are all extra benefits brought by breeding.
Only ewes that can produce milk, hens that can lay eggs, and sows that can give birth are left.
The rest are all killed.
This is no less than a bumper harvest.
Slaughter means that they can be starved for a few days without feeding.
There are a total of 1,000 people in the breeding department. Every day, hundreds of pigs, 200 sheep, and 500 chickens are slaughtered in batches, pickled, hung up to dry, smoked, and turned into bacon and salted meat.
The more they are killed, the less pressure there is.
Until the next generation of selected pigs and sheep grow up slowly, the demand for feed will gradually increase.
This means that the breeding department does not need so many people now - it is not a problem to free up 600 people to do other things.
Roman also asked them to work with the Ministry of Agriculture to plant large areas of pasture grass on both sides of the river.
It is estimated that there are about 4,000 to 5,000 acres, and Roman planned it as a natural pasture.
