230: Tree of Liberty (1) 230: Tree of Liberty (1) The Christmas season, the biggest holiday in Christian culture, had ended.
People returned to their daily lives as they cleared away Christmas decorations scattered everywhere.
Not that daily life ant much.
It was the agricultural off-season from January until spring arrived in earnest in March.
Even in Europe, where capitalism was actively developing, the basic economy still revolved around agriculture, so our community had beco equally relaxed.
I went to find Oitotan, who served as the head of the Agricultural Knights, professional diplomat, and salesman.
Together with the knights he assigned to , I traveled around in a Porter.
“Since January is starting and the weather will gradually improve, we’ve decided everyone should focus on land developnt during this period.
Things will probably get busy in earnest around March or April.” “Hmm…
how much land has been distributed to each resident so far?” “Thanks to the increased number of knights and tractors, it’s grown quite substantially!
Now at the very least…” …Oh.
Since declaring that we would distribute 25 hectares per person, even crawling infants now owned land several tis larger than my farm.
Ugh, I feel sowhat deprived.
Of course, in reality, hardly any of our 100,000 residents farm directly.
Rumble!
Rumbling!
“Aaaargh!
The tractor stopped working while Mr.
Nemo is here inspecting!” “Those technicians, how did they even do the maintenance?” For the most part, the knights did the actual farming, while landowners just occasionally visited to check the crop conditions.
In a way, the knights in our community served the sa role as pioneering farrs in Arican history.
Ambitious people who wanted to beco wealthy went to the frontier to develop new land.
They literally fed our community.
“This ti, our fortress plans to increase the proportion of wheat significantly according to the landowners’ demands.
Other places will likely do the sa.
The demand for rye continues to decrease, so…” Naturally, planning the community’s agriculture was also their responsibility.
They would proceed after consulting with the landowners, of course.
Upon arriving at a fortress in the western region, soone who was introduced as a commander of so knight order bowed respectfully to before pointing to papers pinned to the wall and thodically explaining their plans.
“Although each fortress is reducing the proportion of rye and increasing wheat, in reality, since natives prefer corn and the demand for chili peppers is growing, the proportion of wheat cultivation will also decrease.” “Besides, now that fertilizer is being distributed in earnest, there’s no reason to hesitate with corn farming.” The reason for the decreasing demand for barley and rye within our community was simple.
They didn’t taste good.
Although the fields weren’t completely replanted since the crops were still used as animal feed and for export, people rarely ate anything but white bread now.
It was similar to how Japanese, once they reached a certain level of comfort, wouldn’t touch brown rice unless it was for health reasons.
However…
while reviewing the report, I noticed sothing strange and asked: “Didn’t you just say you’re reducing the proportion of rye and barley?” “Yes, that’s correct!” “Then why has the expected cultivation area increased?” They say they’re reducing the proportion, yet they’re planting more.
Isn’t that strange?
At my question, the knights tilted their heads…
then pointed to one side of the report I was holding and said: “Look at the total cultivation area.” “…” How many square ters is this?
Hmm… maybe around 3 square ters?
…
…
…
Increased by 30% compared to last year?
As I opened my mouth after finishing the ntal calculation, everyone in the room nodded with satisfied expressions.
Damn, 30% in one year—how much has the cultivated area expanded…
“I think the amount of grain we’ll ship to England will increase significantly this ti.” Not just “significantly,” I think?
The expected export volu is…
this much.
Converting to pounds, then to Osello…
…
…
…
“So real estate is the best investnt after all.” “What did you say?” “Nothing.” I trembled with the sudden wave of emotion.
Everyone looked at strangely, but they moved on, reacting as if to say, “That must an he’s impressed by our achievents!” Even if so office worker from Tokyo had been transported here with his apartnt, he couldn’t have done this.
What could city slickers who don’t know about fertilizer, can’t build tractors, and don’t know the difference between tractors and cars do?
Those guys wouldn’t have accomplished anything even if you’d thrown educational comic books at them.
You need to major in history to be transported to the past and change history?
Nonsense.
A town of 100,000 people producing enough food for 500,000 with surplus.
Agriculture…
is the future.
== Virginia’s economy was supported by three main pillars.
First were the massive gifts from across the northeastern North Arica, mainly furs.
The vast wealth brought by nurous Native Aricans entangled in the community’s trade network from extensive territories brought overwhelming prosperity to Virginia.
The second largest share ca from grains like wheat and rye.
Virginia’s grains heading to Britain helped support hundreds of thousands of people, falling like sweet rain on England, which suffered from chronic food shortages.
Although their added value was lower, they were the most stable sector building wealth for Virginia.
Their proportion in the economy was gradually increasing.
Finally, there were various luxury crops like fruits, luxury goods like wine, and resources from Kin Issei’s ho such as aluminum.
These consisted of products with the highest added value.
Although they seed to have the smallest proportion of the three in terms of volu, considering that a bunch of Shine Muscat and Black Sapphire grapes cost several pounds, their significance couldn’t be underestimated.
To summarize, Virginia—monopolizing the New World’s fur trade, determining England’s grain prices, and selling luxury goods that were all the rage everywhere—was…
Probably one of the richest regions in the world right now.
The community’s residents each wore fur coats in winter and lounged like Roman nobles enjoying various fruits in sumr.
Accordingly, their attention turned toward luxury.
The shopping complex selling luxury goods such as interior decorations and high-end clothing was always bustling.
People practically lived there.
“…Wait.” “Why don’t we just move near the shopping complex?”
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