Chapter 281 Great Harvest

After the war, Luo Ning still did not follow the large army, but rode the dragon alone back to Wubei Territory.

Four days later, the dragon folded its wings and landed on the "helipad" behind Swamp Castle.

"You can move around freely. I'll call you if I need anything."

After watching Carlos leave, Ronin walked into the courtyard.

At this moment, the entire courtyard was quiet, without anyone around. If it weren't for the absence of any fallen leaves in the courtyard and the clean surroundings, he would have thought the place had been abandoned.

"Where are the people?"

Luo Ning shouted: "Irene? Black Tiger?"

The black tiger's nose is the most sensitive, and it used to be the first to come out, but now there was no one around.

"Master, you are back!"

Finally, a head popped out from a corner of the courtyard. It was the maid Bella. She was wiping her apron with both hands, as if she was washing something.

"Sir, you are finally back!"

She trotted up excitedly and saluted.

There is no master in the castle. Even after the noble extraordinary beings such as Elrond and Jenny have left, they servants don't know who to serve and can only find something to do by themselves every day.

Fortunately, the grain from the recent autumn harvest has been collected, and the servants, under the leadership of the political chief Wilson, are helping to collect the grain and put it into the warehouse, so they are not so busy.

"It's Bella~"

Luo Ning smiled and looked up and down at the maid.

Unknowingly, it has been a year since this maid joined the castle. Compared with before, Bella is no longer thin and weak, and her face looks healthier.

As for her figure, she looks pretty good despite wearing a maid outfit.

Joining the castle as a personal maid was a lucky thing for Bella. Not only was she well-fed, well-dressed, and well-dressed, she was also envied by her relatives and friends when she returned home from the castle. Some even asked her if she could become the lord's lover.

It's a pity that the noble lord doesn't seem to be interested in women.

But at this moment, Bella couldn't help but blush when the lord looked at her like this. She felt nervous and asked quickly: "Master, what do you need me to do for you? Prepare hot water for washing, or let the kitchen prepare lunch? Or..."

Luo Ning waved his hand, what kind of bath should I take at noon?

"Let the kitchen prepare lunch, and tell Galen to call Wilson, Chahar and others to come over."

"Oh, by the way, where's Eileen? Why isn't she in the castle?"

Bella's nervousness finally eased, but the lord still didn't change. Sure enough, he was not interested in them.

"Miss Irene may be too bored. She rode a black tiger to Purple Fruit Village two days ago. By the way, sir, Miss Irene said she has become an intermediate magician!"

Luo Ning's eyes lit up. Unexpectedly, not long after Jenny became a senior magician, her daughter would also make a breakthrough.

"This is really a happy thing. When Irene comes back, I will host a banquet for her to celebrate her breakthrough."

A fourteen-year-old intermediate magician, this talent is no worse than Brayton.

As long as you practice well, you may be able to become a high-level magician before the age of twenty.

As Bella informed Galen and others, soon all the servants in the castle and officials in the territory knew that the lord was back.

"Master, welcome back!"

Gallen ran back immediately. Since Chahar was transferred to be the financial officer, the housekeeper's work gradually fell on Gallen. This former valet also ushered in his opportunity.

"Long time no see Gallon. I called you here because I wanted you to deal with something."

Luo Ning pointed to the rice ears placed on the bluestone floor, "This is a kind of grain called 'rice', which is similar to wheat and barley. I need you to remove its grains for me, and then dry them with flax." Put them in cloth bags and store them in a dry place for seeds.”

From the front line to Swamp Castle, one day is enough at Carlos' flying speed.

The reason why it took him so many days to come back was because he went to the swamp and picked the ripe wild rice.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Gallen thought this was the special food brought back by Luo Ning from the front line and didn't ask any more questions.

Luo Ning warned again. It was just a small amount of wild rice, and it was estimated that it would only cost about a hundred kilograms of seeds at most. If it were to be promoted on a large scale in Marsh Town, it would probably take several years of cultivation and selection to obtain more. Seed.

So he called Wilson and asked him to arrange manpower to develop a rice field in the swamp.

For Wubeiling, rice is a new thing, and the way it is grown is completely different from wheat.

If you want to grow rice, you can only rely on Luo Ning's half-baked skills to try.

Although Luo Ning only knows a little bit, no matter how bad he is, it will not be worse than the wild environment.

These rice plants can grow and mature in the wild. If we give them a better environment, there is no reason why they will die.

"Sir, the autumn harvest is now completely over. Although the farmers have been busy during this period, all the wheat has been harvested. After a short rest, the barley harvest will begin soon."

Wilson, the chief of political affairs, was reporting on the autumn harvest: "Under the guidance of your cultivation techniques and fertilization methods, the average wheat yield per mu has increased from 105 kilograms to 178 kilograms now!"

He had to marvel that in all his years of life, the food harvest had never been as good as this year.

During the harvest, almost every farmer was smiling from ear to ear. What they talked about every day was either praising the lord's wisdom and greatness, or saying things like "Follow the lord and you will have enough to eat."

Luo Ning nodded slightly.

This kind of yield per acre is naturally terrible in modern times, but it is the result of the widespread use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

The yield per mu is 178 pounds, which is already very good.

A total of more than 34,000 acres of wheat have been planted in Wubeiling during this spring plowing. Based on the yield per mu, more than 6 million kilograms of wheat will be harvested this year!

In addition, there are still more than 38,000 acres of barley fields that have not been harvested...

Perhaps this year Wubei Ling's total grain output can exceed tens of millions of kilograms!

Luo Ning laughed, "It's a good harvest year!"

"Yes, sir, if we can have such a harvest every year, our Wubei collar can earn a lot of gold coins every year by selling grain to others!"

Since becoming a financial officer, Chahar thinks about money every day.

"Sir, the yield per mu has increased this year, all thanks to the technology, tools and cattle you provided. I think the castle should collect this income, so should we increase the tax rate?"

This is what Chahar has been thinking about lately.

However, the matter was so important that he did not dare to make a decision on his own, so he could only wait for Luo Ning to come back before asking.

"It's good to get greater revenue for the castle, but our population policy has just been enacted and you're thinking about changing taxes, which is not appropriate."

Luo Ning rejected the other party's proposal.

Changing orders from morning to night is not a sign of maturity and will also cause dissatisfaction among the people, which is very detrimental to Wubei Territory's ability to attract foreign populations.

What's more, Luo Ning also encourages procreation, and the people he leads don't have enough to eat, so how can he give birth to a child for you?

"We need to let the residents know that by diversifying food and harvesting more food, they can live a better life, so that they can be more motivated."

"My lord is right!"

Wilson echoed: "Although farmers are tired these days, they all have smiles on their faces, and they are more active and energetic in their work than in the past."

Chahar sighed, "I also know that this is not good, but the expenses of the territory are very high. Now the monthly salary is at least more than two hundred gold coins, and the manpower is still increasing, and several industries are still self-sufficient. …”

He was afraid of what he would do if he ran out of money one day.

"You don't have to worry about money."

Luo Ning is open-minded. It is still in the investment stage and he will not refuse to spend his money because he is stingy.

"Wushanbao won this war and we gained a lot."

Wilson and Chahar looked at each other. They were a little nervous when they came. After all, the Lord came back alone. They didn't know whether the war was won or lost.

Now after hearing this, I finally feel relieved.

“So don’t worry about spending too much money, just make it worthwhile.”

Luo Ning said with a smile: "Starting from today, recruit more new people, because soon there will be more things for you to deal with."

"Sir, what do you mean?"

An idea came to Wilson's mind.

At first, he was just the political affairs officer of Shanlin Town. At that time, Luo Ning asked him to learn more, see more, and do more. No, in the blink of an eye, he became the political affairs chief of Wubei Territory, managing the government affairs of four towns.

Now that the lord has said this, could it be that he has a new territory? (End of chapter)