Becoming a lord in another world starts with farming

Owen listed the order, houses first, then food, soldiers, people, land, and utensils.

Needless to say, the biggest asset in his hands now is this ancient castle built hundreds of years ago. Because the main body is built with stone walls, it still stands tall even after hundreds of years of wind and rain. On the contrary, forget about decoration. Three generations of the Hydera family have only added some log furniture and installed a door. As for the rest, nothing else.

But the area is indeed not small. If the city wall is rebuilt, it will be enough to accommodate three to five hundred people. However, if you want to build a castle of this size in the North, it will take at least thousands of people and more than ten years, mainly due to poor materials. To do it, you need to quarry the stone from a distance, polish it and then transport it back bit by bit. This is the most labor-intensive and time-consuming part.

At present, there are only about ten people in the entire castle including him. In addition to eight soldiers, there are only two servants, and these two servants also serve as gardeners, cooks, grooms, etc.

Originally there was a housekeeper, two maids and several guards who were part of the dowry of the predecessor's mother. However, after the predecessor's father died, the predecessor's mother took them away without any regret, leaving only the predecessor. Replaced by him in loneliness and suffering.

In this case, Owen had to do many things by himself, not to mention enjoying the decadent aristocratic life.

Fortunately, he is not really an aristocratic young master. He can do laundry, cooking and cleaning, but he doesn't have the tools at hand, and he is still getting used to it.

The most difficult thing for Owen to get used to was at night. In such a big castle, just these few people would cry and howl when the wind blows in the middle of the night. They would lie on the wooden bed wrapped in animal skins and wake up several times a night. They would not dare to go out to relieve themselves. As for how to solve it, you have to think about it yourself.

In fact, it feels even scarier to go out to the toilet, because the castle toilet is built like a hole in the bay window. Not only can you sit on it with your butt hanging in the air, you can also clearly feel the updraft outside the castle. At the same time, if the people below are... Looking up, you can clearly see a budding daisy or a vomiting black chrysanthemum.

Later, because some people used weapons such as crossbows and extended spears to assassinate people, this kind of toilet was also improved. For example, something like a garbage channel was built underneath, leading directly to the moat. However, there are still thin warriors who choose to go up against the shit and use daggers and iron. Weapons such as cones are used to carry out brutal assassinations, and victims with ruptured intestines often wail for several days before dying. This shows how cruel this assassination is.

Although Owen didn't have to worry about being assassinated, sitting suspended above the dark cave always made him feel uncomfortable, so he would rather dig a hole in the open space to solve it.

Although it has various shortcomings, it is better than nothing. It is still a castle after all, and the Hydra family may not have the capital to build it for several generations.

Having already seen the castle, Owen turned around and came to the warehouse.

Facing a big lock weighing seven or eight kilograms and a keyhole that could be inserted with fingers, Owen finally understood the purpose of the iron rod that his predecessor had always kept close to his body.

He took out the key, which looked like an iron rod, and inserted it into the tight, dry hole with great effort. After twisting it hard, he couldn't move it. He had no choice but to pull it out first, find some grease and apply it on it, and finally spent a long time to open the lock.

Pushing the door open forcefully, a smell of grain mixed with dust hit his face, making Owen's nose itchy and making him want to sneeze.

Rubbing his nose, Owen saw the sun outside shining through the dust in the warehouse evenly, illuminating the bags of grain piled on the wooden shelves.

Although the climate in the North is dry, moisture protection is still a problem. In order to prevent the food from getting damp and moldy, the food will be piled on wooden shelves. Although it takes a lot of effort, it is better than not being able to eat it if it gets damp and moldy.

I opened a few bags and found either rye or black beans inside. There were also some dry and flat onions stacked in the corner. In addition, there were twenty or thirty spears and a pile of leather armor on the shelf next to it. This is The only property left by the Hydera family.

The land in the North is barren, and the yield of fine crops is too low. In order to fill one's stomach, one can only choose to plant rye with a higher yield. In addition, black beans, onions and cabbages are all used to maintain life and provide balanced nutrition. Don't even think about taste, so these are the only things stored here.

There is still a lot of rye as the staple food, but Owen knows that this is not enough, because it is just the beginning of spring, and there is still a long time before the harvest, but the serfs in the territory have no food. In order to ensure that they will not starve to death, they also In order to maintain the physical strength for spring plowing, the food consumed every day was average, so there was nothing saved throughout the year. Otherwise, how could a dignified viscount be in such misery?

In fact, if the Hai Rui Chamber of Commerce hadn't sent a batch of supplies every year, the Hydera family would have been even worse off than they are now.

As for why he lived in such a miserable life, it was naturally because of his noble reputation that Hydra II was still able to marry the daughter of the president of the Hairui Chamber of Commerce.

The hierarchy in this world is so strict that it makes people despair. The descendants of farmers are farmers, the descendants of hunters are hunters, the descendants of merchants are merchants, the descendants of knights are knights, and the descendants of nobles are nobles. Your identity is determined by the day you are born. It was decided in a moment.

All along, there are countless people who want to break through this invisible barrier and try to ascend to the top, but not even one in ten thousand has succeeded.

The reason is simple, because as a superior, you can unconditionally deprive the inferior of everything, from wealth to life, and the process is simple and direct, and you don't even need to cover up your intentions.

Because of this huge power, the superiors will try their best to maintain the stability of the class, that is, to cut off the channels for advancement, even if this will cause the resistance of countless inferiors, and even burn themselves to death.

In fact, if the conflicts within the empire had not accumulated to the point where they were about to explode, and the emperor persisted, there would not have been the development of the North, let alone the title as a reward.

Even so, the imperial nobles separated the northern nobles, resulting in the northern nobles not being accepted or even recognized by the imperial nobles.

In addition to strength and luck, bloodline was the biggest reason why my predecessor's grandfather was able to become a viscount, because my grandfather's father was the second son of a certain imperial nobleman who had no right to inherit.

This identity is not something that can be used in the empire, but it can make people stand out on the northern border. That's why my predecessor's grandfather can stand out and become a border viscount instead of a lousy knight or baron.

Even if the border nobles have all kinds of shortcomings, they are still nobles, at least in the North. This means that the Hydera family has stepped into another class. Otherwise, the Hairui Chamber of Commerce will be full and marry their daughters. They give gifts every year, and it’s not just to build a relationship.

As long as this relationship exists, the Hairui Chamber of Commerce will be able to gain a lot of convenience at the Northland border, which is enough to make up for the investment in marrying off the daughter and sending supplies.