Becoming a lord in another world starts with farming

Although a large number of converted Goblins will occupy the limited population in the town center, the gold and silver collected by the Goblin General is enough to upgrade the town center, so Owen has nothing to worry about. Besides, Goblins are basically nothing to him. For consumables, if the population is not enough, just find something to consume a batch. Anyway, he will not have any compassion when facing the goblins. If he does, then look at what is in their pot.

When the goblin transformation was completed and the town center met the conditions for upgrading, there was no need to hesitate. With Owen's confirmation, a large number of system farmers brought tools and materials and began to expand the town center. This surprised Maya because the spring plowing had not yet begun. Completely over, it's obviously not a wise move to siphon off large numbers of skilled farmers right now.

However, as a serving maid, Maya did not stop the master's irrational behavior. Instead, she participated in the deployment and accelerated the progress of the project. Only in this way can production be restored faster and losses reduced.

In just three days, the town center was upgraded, with the upper population limit reaching 5,000, and the ability to transform civilians into units worth three progress points.

The difference between commoners and farmers is that the former are better at work other than planting, and are an important basis for the craftsmen in the territory. In other words, one pays food and the other pays taxes.

However, serfs who were severely depleted of energy and spirit and were relatively numb could not be transformed into system civilians. Only farmers or civilians with better mental states could be transformed into system civilians.

This is troublesome. Unless you go to the border of the empire to buy those serfs or slaves who have not been tortured to numbness, otherwise the upper limit of the serfs who have gone through the northward migration can only reach the level of system farmers. After all, the system transformation is only carried out on the original basis. Strengthening does not mean making a big difference in life, it has its limits.

And even if the conversion is completed, the farmers who have been converted from serfs still have problems such as lack of emotion, slow reaction, lack of spirituality, etc., and they cannot bear relatively complex tasks. This is also the reason for the system. Although farmers are all-rounders, capable of farming, logging, and fishing, they have many problems. If you are not good at it, you can only do hard work.

System civilians are different. They are smarter and more flexible and can take on more complex jobs, such as crafts and service industries.

This requires that the person being transformed must not lose hope, at least the spirit has not reached the level of insensitivity. In this way, after being strengthened by the system, it will be like enlightenment, able to quickly learn and master relatively complex crafts, and bear the heavy responsibility of paying taxes. And after long-term training in the barracks, it can reach the level of a unit worth three progress values.

When Owen saw this, he knew that as long as enough civilians were converted, the foundation of the territory would be established, and it would not be impossible to even dominate the Northland.

However, the comprehensive strength of the territory is now considered to be the dominant force on the northern border. As long as he does not encounter the large tribe of northern barbarians, Owen's future life will be worry-free.

But this has exceeded the limit of the current territory, because the ratio of soldiers to civilians is too different. He needs to supplement more people and convert more farmers, otherwise the food produced will not be enough to eat.

According to the advice Maya gave him, the ratio of soldiers to civilians should not be less than ten to one, that is, ten farmers support one retired soldier.

In fact, this ratio will have a considerable impact on the development of the territory. After all, the harvest of the land is not stable, and soldiers often need to select strong people, that is, strong laborers.

Ten farmers, excluding men, women, old and young, can only have a few strong laborers in their prime, not to mention that soldiers need equipment in addition to daily training.

Therefore, the pressure on ten farmers to support one retired soldier is not small. Once there is a disaster year, it will be a disaster. Therefore, most lords will maintain the ratio of civilians to soldiers at more than fifteen to one, even in peaceful years. It can reach twenty to thirty to one.

These are just ordinary soldiers. Cavalry or elites need more support. Knights, for example, need at least a hundred farmers to do their best to support them. Otherwise, knights are reserve nobles, because civilians cannot afford them at all. There is no small As a fiefdom, it is not easy to gather equipment.

Owen took the time to count the population and strength of the lower territories, including the Devil's Horn Forest and the Goblin tribe.

Castle: Ninja Team 10, Healer 1, Teutonic Warrior 10, Slime Maid 8.

Herb greenhouse: Slime maid 2, several plant guards.

Dungeon Chamber: Slime Maid 2.

Dungeon maze: some slimes, some venomous snakes, and some plant guards.

Akita Town:

350 farmers and 828 serfs.

50 for swordsmen, 50 for archers, 50 for spearmen, and 50 for harpooneers.

10 scouts, 10 horse archers, and 10 cuirassiers.

Devil's Horn Forest Village: 50 farmers, 30 swordsmen, 30 crossbowmen, and 10 scouts.

Goblin tribe in Devil's Horn Forest: Goblin General, Goblin Shield Guard, Goblin Priest, Goblin Paladin, Goblin Ranger, Goblin Wizard, Goblin Assassin.

Goblin Peasant 300, Goblin Swordsman 50, Goblin Archer 50, Goblin Scout 50, Goblin Demon Sheep Cavalry 30.

The value is quite impressive, but the ratio of soldiers to civilians is seriously imbalanced. If Owen hadn't cheated, the territory would have collapsed long ago.

Therefore, Owen decided to keep the number of infantry unchanged, only improve the quality of the troops, add a small amount of cavalry, and then increase the development of agriculture, livestock, and fisheries, and try to apply super farms into reality to achieve self-sufficiency as soon as possible.

No matter how ambitious the goal is, he must first fill his stomach. Owen sees this very clearly. As for the continuous increase of troops in the early stage, it is because the strength at that time cannot bring him a sense of security. Of course, he must work hard to increase his strength. Now it is almost complete. Having become the dominant player in the North, we naturally have to consider long-term development.

In fact, Owen has been trying to use super farms to increase production capacity for a long time, but the results are not very good, because the law of conservation of energy also applies here, so it is not realistic to harvest every few hours.

It’s not that it’s impossible, but the cost is too high.

The super farm's accelerated plant growth is a magic-like effect. Owen doesn't know the specific process, but he knows that this method will excessively consume the vitality of the land without sufficient external energy supplement.

First, the surrounding plants will wilt, then wither, and finally the surrounding land will even turn into sand. This is because all the organic matter and nutrients in the soil have been squeezed out.

Although this process is not irreversible, the cost of making deserted land fertile again is no joke.

Suddenly Owen was stunned. He wanted to explore the ruins deep in the Devil's Horn Tree Forest before, but the biggest problem was that he couldn't get close. After all, cutting down the Devil's Horn Tree to enter was simply wishful thinking, and it was no less difficult than rebuilding a ruin.

But what if we use the farmland of the super farm to take away the vitality of the magic horn tree?