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

Roman has to deal with a lot of things every day.

Now Sige Town is developing wildly.

No one knows where the future will lead.

Roman had to watch them, lead them, and ensure that everyone was on the right path to avoid detours.

Because taking detours means wasting time.

And development is urgent!

…

There are more than 300 carpenters in the carpentry factory.

Ninety-five percent of them were apprentices last year. After a whole year of training and learning, I can now complete most manufacturing tasks.

Their secondary task is to continuously manufacture various types of furniture to fill vacancies.

Table, chair, bench and bed.

These pieces of furniture are a must.

Establishing standardization and division of labor are extremely efficient.

Especially with the advent of the pedal lathe, every carpenter sits next to the lathe to complete cutting and processing, instead of using the clumsy method of filing by hand in the past.

Some people break down the logs, some are responsible for planing the table legs, some are only responsible for planing the machine legs, and some are responsible for the tabletop and bed boards.

All parts are finally combined into a table and a bed.

Vicky, the person in charge of the wood factory, led the senior carpenters to be responsible for the main task - making various ordnance.

At present, crossbows are no longer considered. The components are too complex, there is a shortage of technicians, and the logistics requirements are high, so they cannot be equipped on a large scale.

The production of a single longbow is simple and complicated - Roman made it according to a simple method.

But making arrows is a bit difficult.

With the lathe, a carpenter apprentice could only produce an average of thirty or fifty arrow shafts per day.

The output can be said to be extremely high.

But Roman consumed more than 30,000 arrows in the last war, completely depleting all the arrows he had accumulated in the past. Most of the arrows were wasted, and only more than 3,000 arrows were recovered after the war.

The infantry brigade's daily training also took its toll.

Future wars will also require more arrows, and only three hundred carpenters are simply not enough.

Among the people Roman plundered this time were carpenters with their own skills, and he sent an additional 100 novice apprentices, increasing the number to 500.

It is not difficult to train traditional skilled workers.

But the new type of mechanic has to start from scratch.

Such as the oil press.

There are still about 200,000 jins of soybeans from last year.

One hundred and fifty thousand kilograms of them became seeds, and Roman wanted to use the other fifty thousand kilograms of beans to extract oil.

In the past, the cooking oil in Sige Town was all animal oil, and the soap shipped by merchants was even more expensive and could only be supplied to the Origin Manor.

Roman wants to keep his army clean, and his life must be abundant.

Not to mention you can't smell the smell as soon as you get close.

How dignified!

Animal oil could not satisfy Roman's need for soap, so he had to turn to vegetable oil.

He was so busy these days that he had to find an apostle with high understanding and use the power of a low-quality sapphire to teach him the knowledge of oil extraction.

Anyway, it relies purely on physical pressing, which is nothing more than tools and steps. But after being prompted by Roman, the apostle realized it on the spot.

It was relatively unimportant, so Roman turned to other things.

Cloth and food, these two goods are more valuable than metal currency.

It is summer.

It’s time to provide social benefits to those idiots!

…

"I need a lot of cloth!"

"Aren't these enough?" Albert asked cautiously.

Albert, the cloth merchant.

The face is round and the body is fat.

He came here because of the reputation, and was received by Roman.

Because his ship carried various linen raw materials worth nearly a hundred gold coins.

Some are flax, others nettles and hemp.

The most abundant and valuable item was linen. The cloth brought by Albert was enough to weave clothing for 7,000 people.

"Not enough! I want as much linen, cotton, and wool as I can get." Roman said calmly.

Albert swallowed. He had heard that there was a coin-spreading lord in this land, so he came to try his luck.

As a result, now it seems that there is no money throwing, it is just crazy money throwing.

That posture and tone were really so bold and charming.

"What do you want so much cloth for?"

"This is not your business. Can you meet my request?"

Even if you can’t, you have to be able!

This is obviously business coming to your doorstep!

"The yield of flax in Rose Collar is not that much. Lord Rose cannot let everyone grow flax that cannot be eaten. Wool is okay, but cotton is a bit difficult. We cannot grow cotton in this land, and some people still think cotton is Sheep's wool... You can only see traces of this thing in the Rexia Islands, the Amber Royal Court, the Free City, and the more distant Platinum Country." Albert looked embarrassed.

"But...you also know...the world is in great chaos now..."

Roman asked abruptly: "How much more will it cost?"

"Five times!"

Roman stared at him, his red eyes were very cohesive, and his expression was very cold: "Businessman, don't tease me, you will regret it! I promise! I will give you three times the price. I not only want cotton, I also want other crops." The more varieties of seeds, the better.”

Albert felt the pressure and nodded with an embarrassed expression, but his inner joy did not diminish at all.

…

After Albert left, Roman quickly found someone to sew the fabrics into clothes and distribute them to everyone.

Roman was not stingy in terms of welfare, and he distributed it as much as he could. He wished he could give everyone a house, all the furniture, and a set of winter and summer clothes every year.

But what do those residents think?

The house is free, the furniture is free, and the clothes are free.

They are all gifts from the lord.

This means... these things are mine? Have they become my property?

This is different from free meals. The meals are gone after eating every day, and they will get used to it.

But clothes and furniture can be used for a long time, and the sense of ownership of these things is very strong.

In the past, they may not be able to save up a bed or a table after working hard for a month.

What do you think property is?

Property is not only land and houses, but also tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans at home.

Even a pair of shoes is a valuable property in these days - old farmers do not wear shoes when working in the fields, and they do not wear shoes even if they have them.

Roman gave those things to them, and they regarded them as precious personal property.

In the future, they will not only fight for Roman, but also fight to protect their own property.

When you have nothing, you get something that belongs to you in a strange land - this is the basis of a sense of belonging!

...

When Roman is busy with oil pressing and weaving.

The summer planting task is basically over.

Ten thousand mu of winter wheat, five thousand mu of spring wheat, an average of two thousand kilograms of peat and manure were raked into each mu of land to improve the soil, and various crops were planted.

In autumn, there will be a bumper harvest.

But Roman did not let them stop working.

This time it is land reclamation!

Continue to reclaim land and plant land.

Plant forage grass and vegetables.

Plant whatever you have, plant as much as you can.

Because Roman wants to increase the number of soldiers, the original five thousand farmers who planted the land now have about four thousand farmers - some of the new recruits are prisoners of war.

Basically all the young labor force has been squeezed dry.

The farmers who plant the land now are generally over 25 years old.

It is too difficult to train such people into soldiers.

But they are hardworking and have extremely rich experience in planting.

Once they are well fed and familiar with the rhythm, they work better than anyone else.

This is a huge force that cannot be ignored. There is no reason to let them sit idle.