Chapter 324: Chapter 30: Hoping for a Good Harvest This Year
Trade privileges were a special right granted by the Black Iron King to certain business conglorates and rchant caravans.
However, very few could obtain such royal authorization.
Roman now had abundant manpower and could develop in multiple areas.
He had to farm, but he also needed to pursue other developnts.
He was preparing to assemble a caravan to thoroughly reap the resources of the land.
At this ti, trade privileges beca critically important.
As long as he could obtain the trade privileges from the Black Iron King,
he could essentially be exempt from all the comrce tax, customs duty, and tolls brought about by trade activities throughout the Black Iron Land.
Moreover, by virtue of his special status as a Conqueror Lord, he could extend his business to the Earth Countries.
For instance, Wandong, the Plateau, Cangyue, and even the Free Trade City States and Hot Sumr Islands to the west of Divine Mysterious and Dust Serpent.
But Damian dared not agree to this matter; it had to be discussed with the Black Iron King.
There were not many, but also not a few groups that had trade privileges in these lands.
Yet Roman appeared particularly unique.
A Lord maintaining the Conqueror Order, an ambitious River Valley King, a burgeoning power in a period of rapid expansion—you grant him trade privileges… can anyone else even compete?
Because of a clear understanding of developnt and productive capacity, Roman saw the third layer of implications.
But Damian could still think of the first layer.
The influence was too significant; it required careful consideration.
Damian, along with the envoy group, left Fertile City, claiming they would give Roman a reply as soon as possible upon departure.
Roman was in no hurry; he knew that the matter would have to go through political wrangling within the Black Iron Court.
He only needed to focus on doing business, but the Black Iron King had much more to consider.
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Without external disturbances, Roman began his daily farming routine once again.
In Origin City, Roman’s planting model was wheat in the first half of the year and legus in the second, with a biannual harvest system.
The sowing of spring wheat in Fertile City was delayed by a month and could only be harvested in late sumr; it was too late for planting legus, allowing only a single harvest per year.
However, the pity was not for the single annual harvest.
What was truly pitiful was that the land had to be left fallow after each annual harvest.
Only fertilizer could ensure soil fertility, allowing for successive years of cultivation.
This was also why Roman was determined to transport ten thousand tons of peat from Origin City at all costs.
The land in Origin City received two thousand pounds of fertilizer per acre, a quantity which was reduced by nearly eighty percent in Fertile City due to ti constraints.
Roman could only rely on furrow-fertilization to farm the land, maximizing the efficacy of the peat.
Deep plowing and intensive tilling could also release the fertility of the deeper soil layers.
Therefore, after the harvest of spring wheat, Roman could still plant a round of vegetables with a short growth cycle.
By the ti the last patch of cultivated land had its seeds and fertilizer buried, it was already March.
During this ti, Roman was responsible for overall planning and coordinated managent.
Seeing the spring planting co to an end, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
He quietly looked out over the land.
I hope Fertile City will have a good harvest this year.
Roman’s army also breathed a sigh of relief with him.
After working like oxen and horses for over a month, no one could bear it any longer; all the soldiers had slimd down.
With a grand wave of his hand, Roman gave everyone a five-day holiday and had Jet arrange their breaks in shifts.
Subsequently, a thousand soldiers who had been arranged to rest returned to Origin City with Roman.
They ca to see their families.
But Roman was sowhat uneasy; he had to personally check the status of Origin City to prevent any mishaps.
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Seth ca to welco him, and Roman said to him, “I will spend most of my ti in Fertile City this year. You will be in charge.”
“Yes, my lord,” Seth answered ticulously.
Seeing the serious wrinkles on the old deacon’s face and his sowhat tired eyes, Roman took a blood gem out of his pocket, “This is a trophy from the battlefield. Wear it on you, and take care of your health.”
A blood gem is an excellent quality ruby with attributes such as abundant energy. It adds luster to the robustness of a warrior, but for an elderly person whose body is starting to decline, it is like sending charcoal in snowy weather, significantly extending their working hours and ensuring they do not beco fatigued.
Roman personally handed it to him, and Seth’s face showed a hint of warmth, “Your safety is the most important. When we left Dragon Castle, the Grand Duke entrusted to assist you well and make decisions for you. But you managed things on your own very early on, and I did not dare to interject too much. I can only remind you to be more careful, for there are many overt and covert threats out there.”
Roman was montarily stunned, feeling a hint of lancholy when he ntioned Alster.
Seth tidied his collar and cuffs, making him look neat and tidy, “My lord, you should also make an appearance to stabilize the people’s hearts. So have quite the forgetful nature.”
Roman nodded, and then he inspected the entire Origin City.
He found that everything was within the developnt plan.
Follow the plan step by step, communicate imdiately if there are problems, and if everyone has work to do, there will be no chaos.
Origin City was particularly busy this year.
Roman transported a significant amount of labor and materials to Fertile City, but it did not an their production efficiency would decrease.
Take for example, ten thousand people could only do so much work within a set ti; Roman allocated two thousand people to be porters and carriers, yet the remaining eight thousand could still finish the sa amount of work in the sa ti fra.
It just ans that with more people, you cannot push them to their limits.
Origin City’s population was already overflowing.
With the return of warmth in spring, those who were hiding indoors by the fire stove could now co out to bask in the sun.
Water conservancy needed to be built, storage ponds needed to be dug, drainage machines had to be made, and river dams had to be constructed.
Roman focused the main labor force on these areas.
From last sumr to this year, tens of thousands of people ca ti and ti again, having cultivated seven thousand acres of paddy fields.
But the further back they went, the more difficult it beca to cultivate new paddy fields.
They had already organized all the usable marshland; expanding further was not possible unless they converted dry land into paddy fields, but for now, that was it.
Their main crop was the rice variety from the Gwivelle No. 1 seeds.
Last year, about fifty acres of experintal fields yielded around fourteem thousand kilograms of rice seeds, enough to et the seed needs for more than half of the paddy fields, while the rest of the paddy fields with poor soil or poor environnts were planted with ordinary rice varieties.
Roman used a wet nursing thod; the Gwivelle No. 1 rice variety first grew in nursery beds, then the well-developed seedlings were transplanted to the main fields, commonly known as transplanting seedlings.
This practice was very labor-intensive.
However, Origin City did not lack manpower; as long as it increased grain yield, even if the process was several tis more complicated, Roman was determined to send people to do it.
Many people were transplanting for the first ti and were not proficient, but they were extrely careful with the seedlings in their hands. Sotis, they would fall but instinctively protect the seedlings. It did not matter if they got injured, but the seedlings had to remain unhard.
They had all seen the scene of rice harvest last year and eaten rice a few tis. Any farr who had planted fields cherished the young seedlings.
Two or three thousand nimble farrs were carefully transplanting in the fields, slow in movent and cautious in attitude.
Healthy seedlings were neatly arrayed in the paddy fields, pleasing to the eye.
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