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

Five million catties of salt and 500,000 agricultural tools are just the beginning.

By next year, this number will double, triple, triple, and quintuple!

First, let's bring down the price of salt.

In the Middle Ages, salt could be used as military pay.

Because it was expensive and scarce.

But the nobles could definitely afford salt.

In other words, the nobles actually ate salt for free, because the price of salt tax was several times the price of salt.

Although the nobles who did not produce salt also needed to buy salt to eat, the salt tax he collected could offset the price of salt.

If you are a little ruthless, eating salt is not only free, but also profitable - of course, extortion will also attract the attention of the King of Black Iron - the salt tax is set by the court, and although the tax is different in different regions, it is roughly the same.

As a rigid demand, one catty of salt is equal to more than ten catties of wheat, which is equal to dozens of catties of grains. It is enough to keep this price neither too high nor too low.

The nobles who produce salt earn an export price.

The merchants who transport salt earn a profit price.

The nobles who don't produce salt earn salt tax.

Everyone is making money, winning is a big deal, and everyone has a bright future... This is an extremely stupid thing in Roman's eyes!

Lowering the price of salt is just the beginning.

Where are we now?

He wants to completely popularize iron farm tools within ten years!

Assuming that the population of the Black Iron Land is tens of millions, and each person has two kilograms of iron on average, that is 20 million kilograms of steel, which is equivalent to 10,000 tons of steel.

The output of a small open-pit iron mine is enough.

Refine!

Refine hard!

Roman is now increasing the labor force in Coal and Iron Town.

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In this way, Morey is the captain of the caravan, and Daken is the deputy caravan leader. They carry hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salt and tens of thousands of ironware to the northern front to open up sales.

Now it is the land of pirates.

As soon as the flag of the thorn iron ring appeared, it attracted great attention from the pirates.

However, although they are barbarians, they don't fight anyone.

The King of the Valley must not be fought.

Because there is no confidence, and you can't win.

Robbery is a cost-effective business.

No one would do such a stupid thing as losing 10,000 gold coins and only getting 8,000 gold coins, or getting nothing at all.

A few pirates were tempted by the cargo on the ship, but when they saw the strict river valley warriors on the ship, they thought for a moment, put down their axes, and smiled heartily.

Roman sent a caravan to do business with pirates for the first time, and it ended successfully.

They returned half a month after they set out, and all the salt and ironware were sold out.

Salt was easy to say, and the pirates also controlled several salt mines.

Alex is not poor now, and he is very rich. He does not need to use salt tax to plunder wealth for the time being - many of his pirates are full of martial virtues, not domesticated black iron serfs. If he dares to collect salt tax on the pirates, the latter will dare to rebel.

Salt is not in short supply, but ironware is in short supply.

Just as Roman guessed.

Now that the war in the north has temporarily subsided, the pirates have enough weapons and no longer need to exchange weapons with Roman.

This is also the reason why they have not come to Roman for a long time.

But farm tools are still scarce.

The farm tools brought by Roman immediately solved the urgent needs of the pirates.

Especially the iron pot, which is too difficult to forge. The mainstream kitchen utensils in this land have always been pottery.

As a result, one iron pot is exchanged for one slave in Origin City.

Morey and Daken brought back more than 10,000 slaves for Roman, and more importantly, they also exchanged more than a dozen somewhat dilapidated Arctic warships for iron tools - the eliminated warships can be repaired and used.

The pirates were not worried about the consequences of selling the warships, or they did not think of this.

But it doesn't matter, the shipbuilding industry in the Black Iron Land has long been lagging.

Compared with the shipbuilding skills of the Ego people, the Black Iron Land is backward in all aspects.

Systematic backwardness cannot be imitated by a few samples. Gale has captured quite a few Arctic warships, but they are still blocked in Tiehua County.

Roman asked the caravan to set off again, loaded with goods, and it would be best not to stop for a moment.

Increase the horsepower and continue to transport farm tools to the northern front.

The land occupied by pirates has a population of at least one million.

Even after wars, floods and trafficking, the population will be reduced by a quarter at most - don't underestimate the survival ability of humans. Unless there is a serious disease with a very high mortality rate, or there is a massacre, it is difficult for humans to reduce their numbers in groups.

After the pirates gain a foothold, they will also bring their families from the land of Ego to maintain their dominance.

The immigrant Ego people and local serfs also need farm tools while competing for living space.

Although Ego is a bitter and cold place, the Ego people can also farm. This is how the original Iceland was established. They are all mixed blood of Ego people and inland people.

Roman was not satisfied with trading with pirates, and planned to send Morey and Daken to Iceland to buy wool and sheep.

Iceland is a major wool producer, with excellent quality and quantity, second only to the plateau.

But to do a large amount of wool business, you have to negotiate with the King of Iceland.

In addition, you have to send people to the sea fortress.

Not only to transport farm tools, but also to send a batch of sophisticated weapons. Provided to Nellie, let her hurry up to build a dock.

Now these broken ships can't meet Roman's demand for transportation capacity at all.

After the trade line was suddenly opened, Roman found that the affairs to be handled increased dramatically.

But these things have to be done step by step.

He first placed the newly added slaves in the city of abundance.

Then he turned and went to the Origin City.

May is here.

The long-awaited summer harvest is here too.

The soil of the wheat fields of more than 40,000 mu has been improved, and the wheat seeds have adapted to the climate. This year, the yield of wheat per mu is nearly 300 kilograms.

And the experimental wheat fields that Gweil blessed last winter have a yield of up to 400 kilograms per mu.

You know, she only blessed the spell once.

Using this batch of wheat as wheat seeds this year, I can't even imagine the yield per mu next year!

Roman canceled the rationing system on the spot.

Let alone 80,000 people this year! Even 100,000 people can be supported!!!

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There is no doubt.

This is a carnival celebration.

One threshing floor after another is full of laughter and joy, people dance, sing and dance, and celebrate extremely.

In the current era, the most simple and pure joy of people is the joy of a good harvest.

There is nothing better than this.

Eat as much as you want, eat as much as you want.

The aftermath of this harvest even affected the city of abundance outside.

After the celebration, boatloads of wheat were shipped out and put into the warehouses of the City of Plenty.

The residents of this city, which is only a few dozen miles away from the City of Origin, were surprised to find that the quality of their daily meals had improved.

The porridge was no longer a mixed oatmeal porridge, but a noodle porridge mixed with flour.

The bread was not a dark and hard multi-grain bread, but a whole wheat bread with a strong wheat aroma.

The stew was no longer all vegetables, but vegetables mixed with diced meat, meat grains and bones.

Every day, there was another delicacy called tofu. The tofu stewed with soybean oil and green onions was refreshing and tender, with an unbelievably delicate taste. When eating it, you can't wait to swallow your tongue. It was simply a top-notch delicacy specially provided for noble masters.

I recommend a book. Interested gentlemen can try to read it, "The Brave Man Who is Good at Fishing"

Good news, I traveled to another world and became a brave man.

Still the kind of fundamentalist hero who has a job and benefits, can go to fellow villagers' houses to rummage through boxes and cabinets, fool around with widowed magic teachers, seduce elf maids, and marry the princess of the kingdom.

Bad news, the previous generation of heroes have already done all the work.

Now, not only can you not go to fellow villagers' houses to rummage through boxes and cabinets, fool around with widowed magic teachers, seduce elf maids, and marry the princess of the kingdom without special circumstances, you even have to go to university for further studies first.

How can there be such a hero in the world!

Now that things have come to this, let's just take a break.