From Baron to Lord

Chapter 305: On the Issue of Competition in the Seafood Market with the Lionheart Duchy (2)

Bacchus's words reminded Allen of the previous side quest, "The Rise of Agriculture."

"Oh, really? Bacchus, it seems earthworms are very excellent magical creatures."

Allen said with emotion, "Yes, sir. I suggest that if we could have more earthworms, I hope each earldom could have some, not too many, about three to four thousand for each earldom would be enough."

Bacchus took out his notebook: "Although it is said that one earthworm can take care of the fertility of ten square meters of land, I have done a precise experiment, and if it is only ten square meters of land, it is too wasteful."

Bacchus took out a drawing from his notebook, walked forward, and handed it to Marco, who was wearing golden knight armor on the steps.

"Duke."

Marco passed it to Allen.

Allen looked at it. It was some rough drawing with Bacchus's sketches of farmland soil and data records.

"Duke, you see, although earthworms can be responsible for the surrounding ten square meters, in fact, this is a complete waste because their ability can completely cause nutrient surplus in the land."

"Of course, this nutrient surplus is not much, but it is already certain that even if crops are sown four or five times a year, it is absolutely possible 860, just need to master the seasonal division of farming to perfectly and continuously produce abundant crops."

"And earthworms can roam throughout the earldom, so you don't have to worry about nutrient surplus in the land, and you don't have to worry about the land losing its fertility, which can just meet the requirements of land fertility."

After Bacchus finished speaking, he said very confidently: "Sir, I have determined that even without relying on magic and the spirits of nature, we can achieve the technology of four harvests a year, so that our people will no longer have to worry about food and clothing."

Bacchus's excitement was no less than Sparrow's just now.

Allen smiled when he heard this, but he did not receive a system prompt, not knowing if it was necessary to truly achieve four harvests a year.

But it doesn't matter, it's just a year, maybe not even a year.

"Very good, Bacchus, starting today, let's start experimenting in Moore Territory."

Allen said with a smile, "In addition, as for the earthworm issue, well, let's do this, stay after the meeting today."

Bacchus nodded: "I understand, great Duke."

After Bacchus finished his report, Ms. Jennifer, who was in charge of ships, fisheries, and seafood among the remaining ministers, also stood up.

"Duke, spring has completely arrived, and many coastal ports and cities in the south also need your attention."

Ms. Jennifer is probably the most inconspicuous person here, but undeniably, she is very capable. Allen heard that she has reached many contracts with the northern duchies such as Hilton.

Inland duchies have a huge demand for seafood and other products, especially delicacies such as caviar, and only two duchies under the Norton Kingdom are close to the sea. The seafood market is the home ground of the Lionheart Duchy and the Allen Duchy.

The Lionheart Duchy previously conquered the Blue Moon Duchy, so it has a huge advantage in seafood products.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for Ms. Jennifer to get a large number of orders.

"Oh, Ms. Jennifer, of course I won't forget the southern ports and cities."

Allen said with a smile.

"Duke, the Allen Duchy has a much longer coastline than the Lionheart Duchy, with four earldoms along the coast. The coastal area is very flat without high mountains, which is a very good advantage."

"The Lionheart Duchy and the Allen Duchy have always been competitors in the seafood market, and we have natural advantages."

"But now we are at a disadvantage. The Lionheart Duchy owns the territory of the Blue Moon Duchy, and their maritime territory can produce a large number of seafood products every day."

"Our market will be compressed to the extreme."

Ms. Jennifer said with some sigh. The freshness of seafood is what matters.

Seafood products will deteriorate a lot even one day after they come out of the sea.

Artificial breeding can keep seafood alive, but the taste will gradually deteriorate.

This means that the seafood market can only (cfbh) be sold in some duchies in the south of the Norton Kingdom.

Of course, this does not mean that inland countries do not have seafood. The countries in the inland are all powerful countries, and they naturally have their own channels.

Currently, Allen's market is the Norton Kingdom.

Now that the Lionheart Kingdom has risen strongly, the Allen Duchy is in an unfavorable position in the seafood market.

"Is that so? I understand, Ms. Jennifer."

Allen nodded. In fact, he had already considered this issue.

"I will go to the southern territory with you in a while to take a look."

Allen said with a smile. Earthworms gave him a huge surprise. Similarly, Allen also had two new species in his hand that he had not used.

Originally, he was going to use them, but Allen has been busy recently, and it is winter, and the fisheries and seafood market are resting, so Allen is not too anxious.

Now that spring has arrived, Allen feels it is time to release his second species.

"I understand, Duke."

Jennifer said respectfully. She also understood the ability of her monarch. All the problems in the duchy now can be easily handled by the monarch.

Jennifer trusted Allen very much. When this Duke was still an Earl, the water park plan he proposed amazed her.

If it were not for the fact that they are now in the stage of digesting the duchy and many things are very busy, she would have taken the initiative to apply to continue the water park plan.

After all, this plan is prepared for the nobles, and the nobles' money is very easy to earn.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Allen glanced at everyone below.

“If there are no problems, let's conclude.”

Since there were no issues, Allen prepared to end the meeting.

Soon, the ministers left one after another, and Allen, along with Marco and Bax, also departed from the main hall and went to Allen's residence.

“Grandpa Edward, I need some iron boxes.”

Allen said to the butler Edward, who was standing nearby.

“As you wish, my lord.”

Edward immediately gave instructions and began preparing iron boxes for Allen. As for what they were for, it was naturally to hold earthworms.

Since Bax had said that earthworms were a good thing, and it was already spring, Allen planned to distribute some earthworms in his territory.

As for the specific arrangements, Allen directly handed it over to Bax to do.

Soon, dozens of iron boxes were ready.

Allen smiled and immediately purchased enough earthworms from the system, basically ensuring that each earldom could receive at least three thousand.

Watching Allen put the earthworms into the iron boxes, Bax was shocked. To this day, he still didn't understand how Allen could conjure up magical creatures like earthworms out of thin air.

But he didn't care about that. What he cared about was the number of earthworms.

With these earthworms, Bax was confident in pushing Allen Duchy to the position of an agricultural powerhouse.

Regarding the update issue, special explanation (no charge)

I just saw a reader in the book review section thinking that I was stuck... I'm not stuck. To be honest, even if I write my outline in the roughest writing style and the fastest pace, there are still one or two hundred chapters of content... The world framework has just been built, and being stuck is not because there is no plot, but because of plot connection issues. Of course, so far, I'm really not stuck.

I mentioned before that I am currently interning and have been dealing with some graduation issues recently.

Speaking of this, I remembered that since that day, my backend has been able to see a large number of readers leaving me every day... I don't know if it's because of my previous statement...

I have been busy recently, but I am also trying my best to update. In fact, I have been busy for a long time, probably when writing the second national war. I just started to be busy at that stage, but because I had a backlog of manuscripts, I kept it to myself and didn't say anything.

Now I really have no backlog... so I write and post each chapter as I finish it, and the time is not as stable as before. Please forgive me, readers.

In addition, only updating four chapters is a small laziness on my part. I'm really too busy, so the update time is not fixed during this time, and I've made the readers worry. I apologize again.

I will work hard to update!

This chapter should not be charged, only about three hundred words.

Chapter 306 Mysterious Manual! How to Use the Demigod's Heart (3)

“Praise the Duke!”

Amidst Bax's praise, Allen had people help the Minister of Agriculture carry away the boxes filled with earthworms. “Duke, you are truly as awe-inspiring as a god.”

Marco said with emotion: “Now Minister Bax is probably even more convinced in his heart that you are the son of the Earth Mother Goddess. Only the son of a god can easily obtain magical creatures favored by the gods.” Earthworms, as a magical creature, are precious to the Earth Mother Goddess Church.

Marco had taken the time to inquire about it. The Earth Mother Goddess Church is not prevalent in the Ofeno Empire in the south, but it is not non-existent.

Earthworms are a rare resource in the Earth Mother Goddess Church, and they can only be cultivated with the divine power of the Earth Mother Goddess.

Only the Earth Mother Goddess Church knows the cultivation method.

Earthworms are more popular in the Empire and the Kingdom, and the reason, of course, is the high price and rare quantity of earthworms.

Don't look at this little thing, its price is more expensive than low-level magical beast cubs!

The price of one reaches nearly a thousand gold coins!

One earthworm costs hundreds, nearly a thousand gold coins. You can imagine how much three thousand earthworms in an earldom are worth.

Three million gold coins!

Three million!

How many earldoms does a duchy have?

Allen doesn't know about others, but the Ryan Duchy has nearly fifty, and his Allen Duchy also has fifty-three earldoms. Three million for one earldom, fifty-three earldoms... Marco didn't dare to imagine.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt Allen's greatness.

Which duchy can afford to use earthworms? If earthworms are not popularized nationwide, or earthworms are popularized on a large scale, it is not very meaningful if only a few territories have earthworms.

But to popularize it nationwide, how much money would that cost?

I'm afraid not many duchies can afford it, after all, the consumption of a duchy is very large. Allen smiled lightly upon hearing this: “Son of the Earth Mother Goddess?”

He was unwilling to explain this. The more Bax mythologized him, the better, and he would be too lazy to explain too much later.

As long as it is linked to the gods, there is no need to explain.

“Marco, how are my knights and mages doing?”

Allen glanced at Marco, who had broken through to the eighth-level knight. This knight had been following him the longest, so it was normal to break through to the eighth level.

“Duke, the previous thousand-man knight order has all entered the Silver Knight rank.”

“As for the newly born knights, most of them have also reached the level of second-level knights.”

“I believe that it won’t be long before the Allen Duchy can form a Golden Knight Order.”

“As for the mage side, Lord Lawrence recently broke through to a seventh-level mage. As for the others, most of them are still intermediate level. In addition, the three thousand people who just became mages have all become official mages, and one-third of them have entered the second-level mage rank.”

Marco reported on the situation of Allen's knights and mages.

“Well, not bad. By the way, Marco, don't go to Nick too frequently recently, the guy is going bald.”