Chapter 498 (1/1)
It took Roland a whole day to return to the Border Area, and his back ached eariness After washi+ng his face and brushi+ng his teeth, he went to bed early, and he didn't feel refreshed until noon of the next day
He thought, ”I e bed onhard deck stool and listen to the roar of the steaine, which will torture bothRoland did when he walked into his office was to call his director, Barov Mons, and Minister of Agriculture, Sirius Daly, to his office Although there was only one week left before the planned date of the spring offensive, he could rest assured since Iron Axe was governing the e the agricultural production well, na After all, he would be rain
”I saw seeds being transported at the Longsong Pier, so with enough Golden Ones, the crops there won't be too bad this year But we should focus on the Border Area, since we're everyone'son his desk ”How is the spring sowing going? Sohness, here's the situation,” Barov spoke first ”A the first batch of pro; plus the newly ericultural population is about 10,000 According to last year's average wheat yield, the grain that these 10,000 serfs produce should be able to feed 40,000 to 50,000 people” He paused and then added, ”And this nu to the official citizen's quota for purchasing grains, which is far more than the daily consu to the rain people need to stay alive, this nuhness,” Sirius added ”But those conclusions areto the statistics froo This year, half of the serfs, mainly newly employed, will use the Golden Twos modified by Lady Leaf Honestly, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that one wheat straw could produce sopotatoes and corn this year, which makes it hard to predict the actual yield for this year”
”As for the sowing process, far to the Crop Far Brochure, farmland needs to be plowed three times, and raised compost must be mixed in the soil—usually, this process takes three to four weeks, depending on the nu But the serfs ereatly shorten the plowing ti distance, I've arranged apprentices to educate the serfs to far brochure”
It was easy to see that the forht of the Wolf Fa He obviously had considered all aspects and ree with
The excessive dependence on the land itself led to the agricultural underdevelop land was all there was to far Sometimes, in order to protect the farmlands, they would let farmlands rest for a few years, which was very inefficient Now that the City of Neverwinter had controllable water irrigation, natural fertilizer, and scientific planting reatly surprised all the residents However, a third of the 30,000 total population was engaged in agricultural production, which was too high of a percentage for Roland He wanted to efficiently reduce the agricultural population by iricultural equipment which used animal or mechanic power
”Well, keep the ,” Roland said with satisfaction, ”and people who have been assigned to the Longsong Area should keep everything well documented, in case ant to extend this ricultural affairs, Roland left the castle Accouards, he went to the dock of the Redwater River
The shi+p, which was constructed by Anna, entered the weapons installation phase two days ago Noith its hull painted with a gray and red anti-corrosion coating, the shi+p quietly stood on the crossties It was the size of about three concrete boats and seehty Unlike the cement paddle steamer, which had no cabin, this shi+p's side port was aline There were also no paddle wheels on both sides Another characteristic was a bridge at the center of the hull Although the bridge was only about six meters tall, it looked very prounboat, its iant cannon In order to save thetime, Roland did not let Anna produce the naval artillery, but tore down the one on the city wall and planned to install it on the shi+p
Now, it was standing in the dock, waiting for hoisting—the final step
”Your Highness” Anna waved at Roland when she saw him ”Over here!”
The prince walked over with a s well?”
During his absence in Border Town, Anna took care of all the h she had all the blueprints of its key parts, it was entirely an unprecedented huge project, so it was natural to run into all sorts of problems
”Not so well” Anna shook her head ”There were so, hull tilting after being welded with a bridge, and the gun platform couldn't hold a cannon, but I solved all of them”
”All solved?” Roland asked surprisedly
”Yes” With a big sers ”There was a hull deformation because the steel plate of the board was too thin, so I added fixed carriages The propeller leak was caused by the gap between the casing and the gear lever, so I wrapped the gap with a sink so that the water inside won't run everywhere and can be pu was caused by uneven weights, which were fixed with a little un platform problem was the most difficult one, but I drew inspiration fron—I first cut a row of indentations on the botto, then I put in a falcula, which could be inserted in between gears, and it could siun carrier in any direction”
Roland blinked his eyes and spoke after a long pause ”You're a genius” For him, those problems were not difficult to deal with, but he had drawn countless mechanic sketches Especially for the last problem, probably only someone as observative as Anna could associate a revolver with the fixing hness, does the boat have a na his eyebrow, ”and why do you ask?”
”The soldiers froerly to carve their own nae,” Anna said with a sunner could have a gunboat named after him”
”Ah I see” Rodney from the Artillery Battalion and Nelson from the Artillery Battalion came to Roland's mind ”But not for this shi+p, because the name of the first warshi+p not only represents the shi+p itself but also represents its rank and model number” He tilted his mouth ”I can't hand over this honor to anyone else, so I'll name it the Roland—the Roland No 1”