Eagle Byzantium

Agnes was a little scared, because Gawain, a barbarian, had no regard for the gentle ethos of the Roman Empire. What if he really cut off her oyster seeds?

But Anna also stayed by Gawain's side, waving to her to signal her not to be afraid.

Walking in front of the general, a bunch of gold coins fell into her palm, colliding with each other and making a sweet sound. "The invention of the hard yoke, collar and movable shaft rod is very practical and much better than your unknown invention." Automated combers are much better. Do you know why?”

"What kind of idle manpower..." When it comes to this economic knowledge, Agnes is obviously a little bit troubled.

"If you carefully read the agricultural books of the ancient times, you will find out under what circumstances this kind of comb should appear." Gawain's tone was much gentler, just like a philosopher to his own students.

Agnes then glanced at him and Anna, then took out a precious ancient Latin manuscript from the leather box she was carrying, and flipped through it, "nonprideminventum..." Before she could say a few words, After just one word, he saw Gawain's fist raised again. He was so frightened that he could only change to civilian Greek and continue speaking, "This kind of instrument is mentioned in the scroll and was used by manors in the Carthage area during the ancient times."

"That's right. It should be the kind of official-style manor that is used in areas with vast land and sparsely populated areas, where manpower is more expensive than animal power and equipment. It is not suitable for us here." After finishing speaking, Gawain stood up and spoke again. Holding up another instrument invented by Agnes, a thin-edged shovel that is very rare in Asia Minor, "This is what you Varyag people like to use. When paired with a two-tooth hoe, you can easily dig deep. stones to loosen the soil for crops," Agnes returned.

With a flash of light, Gawain held the thin-edged spade in front of Agnes' eyes. She was so frightened that she trembled, "There should be another use, little sunfish, you can demonstrate it to everyone."

At this moment, the poplar trees were making a rustling sound in the wind, and the farmers of Germany's stipends gathered around them in their free time, looking at the long gray-haired Miss Plani, who was rolling up her original exquisite skirt and tying it up. On the belt. He put on the boots used for farming, carried a shiny shovel, and stood in a shallow puddle with a mournful face. The general and the princess in purple also stood on one side and watched.

Gawain pointed to a pile of wheat in the open space in front of him and said that it was full of broken leaves, stems and dust, and now the wind was blowing. Here comes the third role of your thin-bladed spade, go ahead, little sunfish!

Agnes wanted to die, but she could only lift the thin-edged spade (she wanted to take a lunge and plunge the spade blade into the neck of the barbarian Gawain, but she still suppressed it) and walked to the wheat pile. , "Pfft" sound with a very awkward and unfamiliar posture. The thin-edged spade was inserted into it, and then the hoops were raised, and people let out a loud exclamation - the wheat grains were flying and sticking up in the air. Then it fell again, and many broken leaves and stems floated away with the blowing wind. What fell was all wheat.

"This is so convenient!" Many farmers were cheering, including Gawain.

Hearing this sound, Agnes couldn't help but feel proud again, and she shoveled one shovel after another. Regardless of my already tired shoulders and arms, I kept raising my voice and people kept clapping.

suddenly. Anna felt something was wrong, so she shouted something to Agnes. "Pay attention to the direction of the wind!" But it was too late by then. Agnes had already thrown all the wheat into the air. As she breathed, a lot of dust and stalks, with a pop, were all firmly covered in Agnes's head. On her face, her face suddenly became His hair melted into one color and he stayed where he was, but Gawain came over, took away the thin-edged spade, and said to the soldiers and farmers that it was a good thing, and that our little sunfish's wheel plow was especially suitable for plowing our stuff. The shallow soil of Lucia.

In this way, everyone once again collectively paid tribute to the "great and wise girl of Purany", but the disgraced Agnes still stood there sadly, until Anna and the servant came over with the water jar. Anna clearly saw that Agnes had two Daoqing's tears flowed down, just like the stream flowing through the dirt.

The display was over, and she was sad and sad enough. Agnes held the silk scarf and sat under the poplar tree to wash. Gawain pointed to the vast cultivated land in front of her and said to Anna, "Soon after the first autumn rain, the We must seize the time to make it with Agnes The wheel plow and thin-edged shovel plowed the land deeply, forming furrows, sowing the seeds of autumn wheat, and then sowing rye and millet on the newly opened secondary land. They could not only respond to famine, but also It can provide qualified feed for cattle and horses.”

“What about the fallow land?”

"Don't be idle. Planting clover can better maintain the fertility of the soil and conserve water resources."

"By the way, Barbarian, why do you adopt the sharecropping system? This land system also existed in the Roman Empire before. Is it different from yours?" Anna asked with concern.

Gao Wen smiled, "The profit-sharing system of the empire is a method for poor farmers. When they can't cultivate their own land, they will transfer part of it to the rich, and only extract part of the output as rent every year. This will make the gap between the rich and the poor and the mergers more and more serious. Because the nature of the rich oppressing the poor will not change. However, the holy estate is different. The other party to the contract is the military government. In other words, they only need to give me half of the output, and they can freely dispose of the rest. The products from the fruit trees and small ponds can also be sent to the market town for sale, which can also prosper the villages and towns. In addition, the military government can also provide them with large agricultural tools such as oxen, mules and horses, so Our 'share of benefits' is really sharing of benefits."

"Then why do you highly praise Agnes' invention of the hard yoke and collar?"

"Because this allows draft horses and pack horses to be used for large-scale plowing and farm work."

Anna was very surprised. It was the first time she heard of such a method of draft animals. "But don't we have oxen for plowing?"

"Horse plowing is much stronger than ox plowing."

"But the consumption of horses should be much greater than that of oxen! Horses need fine feed and human care, while oxen only need very coarse food. I have indeed been observing all aspects of agronomy during this period." Anna's questioning voice is reasonable.

"It's just a question of cost-effectiveness. When the time comes, we will use horses and oxen reasonably."

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Hearing this, Anna nodded, and always understood a lot of things.

At this time, the dusk was getting darker, and the group returned to the direction of the Acropolis. "Big Barbarian, you go to the military meeting hall first. Agnes and I will wash up and rush over." Anna said gently to Gawain as they climbed the corridor stairs.

"Well." Gawain did not express any doubt, and kissed Anna twice, and then walked towards the corridor of the hall.

Then in the chapel where Anna lived, the purple princess walked behind the curtain, dismissed everyone, and then held Agnes' hand, whispering, "The big problem now is that I don't want to accept the imperial decree from the empire and my father." (To be continued ~^~)