If I let you farm, will you become the emperor of the empire?

Chapter 193 Second Summer Harvest

The next day.

Roman's team became larger and larger, as if they were in an empty land.

Count Kant had lost his defense power and could only take care of his castle.

This gave Roman great leeway and freedom.

He could roam the land freely.

But in the past few months, the armies of the five nobles had almost eaten up the food reserves of Kant.

Now the farmers were counting on the summer harvest.

Roman had no time to harvest wheat.

It was too sparse, too thin, and the wheat grains were so dry that it was a miracle to have a 50% flour yield.

Agricultural harvests in this era were really unreliable.

He couldn't harvest them, and had to leave them to the rest.

Because Roman didn't take everyone away, there were always some people who refused to leave with him, escaped, and hid everywhere.

After Roman left, they would come back and repeat their past lives.

Those idiots also wanted to live.

If they harvested the wheat, what would they eat in the future?

Moreover, the cultivated land in Kant Territory is too vast, more than ten times that of Sige Town, and he does not have so many people to harvest the wheat in Kant Territory.

The wheat in Sige Town is still waiting for him to harvest.

This time he only robbed four or five thousand people, and took away the whole family if he could, and he could not only pick the young and strong.

But the support of these people also brought a lot of trouble to Roman.

Fortunately, they seized a lot of baggage, otherwise they really couldn't afford to feed them.

In addition, there is another important thing to do.

"Green, you go to Tag Village; Aaron, you go to Duolun Village; Dick, you go to Lana Town! I tell you, you must bring all their families back!"

Roman sent them the list of victims.

"What if you can't find them?" Green muttered.

"Then you don't have to come back!" Roman glared at him.

"Then what are you doing."

"What do you care about me!" Roman glared at him again.

Green wanted to say something, but Aaron pulled his arm and he had to shut up. They could see that he was very uncomfortable.

Roman's will was clear.

The families of the soldiers who died for him must all be brought back, and they must be given pensions and well-fed.

Otherwise, he would not be able to continue to trick them into dying in the future.

He looked at his soldiers standing upright again.

He remembered very clearly that he had captured more than 700 conscripts from various villages in Kant Territory when he plundered Kant Territory last time.

Roman had basically transformed them all into professional soldiers.

Now.

There were only more than 400 of them who could stand.

He had come out in full force this time.

Half of them were sacrificed!

His nose suddenly felt a little sour, and he raised his chin and said to them, "Go, pick up your families, and let's go back together. I'll wait for you."

"Thank you, sir!" The soldiers had been waiting for him to say this.

They smiled and raised their right fists to Roman.

Roman's mood calmed down a lot.

He smiled and nodded, and also raised his right fist in return.

They scattered in a rush, turning around and running with steady and brisk steps, even competing to see who could run faster.

Roman climbed onto his horse and glanced at the paper in his hand.

It was another list, filled with densely packed names -

The team leader lost 33 people and injured 25 people, most of whom were too seriously injured to participate in the subsequent battle.

Roman folded the paper and sighed suddenly.

The death rate was too high.

But what can be done about it?

If they don't rush to the front, who should rush to the front?

Roman thought.

Most of those sacrificed were trained by him personally.

He remembered their names.

But what made him most sad were the team leaders who were not apostles.

They were not apostles, but they fought bravely and died on the battlefield.

Roman turned to Jet and said, "They are all heroes!"

Jet just hummed lightly.

He didn't pay much attention to the issue of casualties.

The dead are dead, and in his eyes they are just numbers.

There are always deaths on the battlefield.

…

The boats were pulled upstream by the boatmen, back and forth.

The whole journey was slow and leisurely.

It took Roman three days to finally transport all the people he had plundered.

He also captured the people who had not been robbed for various reasons during the first plunder, and reunited them with their families.

The current Kant Territory is basically Roman's backyard, and he can come and go as he pleases.

Because the earl was completely defeated by him.

Whether it was the military strength or the mentality.

It was just that the summer harvest was urgent, and he was worried about indigestion, so he needed to slowly build infrastructure, so Roman did not rob too many people the first time.

There was still a long way to go.

Take your time.

Don't rush.

And those merchants also knew the final result of the war, and they came to Sige Town to do business.

The trade network that had been blocked for three months suddenly became unblocked, as if to make up for the previous gap.

Many merchant ships rushed into the dock of Sige Town frantically.

…

The last two days of early May.

Roman looked at the vast wheat field and gradually frowned.

The wheat field was not growing as expected.

Specifically, it was a little sparse, and at first glance, it was not as good as the spring wheat planted last year.

He mobilized about a thousand people for the summer harvest last year.

But this summer harvest, he mobilized a full five thousand people.

It can be said that he did not care about the emotions of the new population at all.

Roman settled them down and waited to slowly register them in the future.

The best way to do what the locals do is to let them do their old business.

Roman ordered Vic to build a windmill and built three threshing grounds in various places.

The main purpose was to harvest the 10,000 mu of winter wheat planted last year.

Among them, 6,000 mu were cultivated land, and there were 4,000 mu of newly added wasteland.

The yield of the two was obviously one level lower.

…

Five or six days later.

The summer harvest was over.

The 6,000 mu of cultivated land harvested a total of 1.8 million jin of wheat, with an average yield of about 300 jin per mu.

The 4,000 mu of wasteland harvested a total of more than 600,000 jin of wheat, with an average yield of less than 200 jin per mu.

Roman's eyes went dark on the spot.

What the hell!

He had observed that the tillering rate of wheat had increased, about 40%, which was much higher than the tillering rate of spring wheat of less than 10%, and the nutrition was in place, but it just couldn't grow.

But there was a reason why they didn't increase production.

Spring wheat suddenly turned into winter wheat, which was not adapted to seasonal changes, resulting in a decrease in yield.

This is a wheat seed problem.

This will happen when the growing environment of a crop is drastically changed.

This requires improvement, taming, and seed screening.

In short... plant more for a few years, wait for it to adapt to the environment, and the final yield per mu may be increased to 400 kilograms.

Anyway, the yield will be higher every year.

There is really no way if the variety is not good.

Most of this land is spring wheat.

Because this area is close to the northern land, it is affected by the latter's winter cold current and winter wheat cannot be planted.

However, Sinnoh, Free Cities, and Amber Court are planting winter wheat.

But they are too far away and cannot import wheat seeds in large quantities.

Last year, he relied on careful maintenance to achieve the yield, and the winter wheat planting area is so large that it is naturally impossible to carefully maintain it.

Roman had to accept this reality.

Now there are about 16,000 people in Sige Town, with an average of 150 kilograms of grain per capita.

It can only be said that it is okay.

To be frank, wheat is the staple food - especially winter wheat.

A strong laborer can only eat 1.5 kilograms of wheat every day.

If made into steamed buns, it will be 15 whole wheat steamed buns.

If made into bread, it will be 15 slices of whole wheat bread.

As for staple food, it is definitely enough.

After all, this is the food for heavy manual laborers.

And those light manual laborers, women and children, can't eat so much.

Moreover, the 3,000 acres of vegetables planted are also being harvested one after another, which can be used as side dishes.

In another 20 days, the 5,000 acres of spring wheat planted in early spring can also be harvested, which should be hundreds of thousands of wheat.