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Chapter 5 Cultivate arable land (Part 1)!

"Ding! Auxiliary system data update - crop rotation achieved."

When Murphy heard the beep from the "Total War" auxiliary system, it was already half a month later.

He fulfilled his promise and distributed a portion of the land to the citizens after the victory. These lands are divided into three classes according to their status. The poor class is 5 mu for each adult, and the citizen class is 10 mu for each adult population. If they are soldiers, an additional 10 mu of land will be allocated. Officials in the territory are currently divided into three levels, and the land ranges from 100 to 500 acres. As for the generals, Murphy allotted a thousand acres of land for them as a manor.

The measurement mu used in the city of Athens is not the same as in the past.

In Middle Earth, one square kilometer of land is 1,500 mu, but for the convenience of calculation, Murphy expanded the amount of one mu to 1,000 mu of land per thousand square kilometers. That is to say, it is one and a half times larger than the mu of land in the middle-earth period.

On average, there are about three to four adults per household, including women. That is to say, each family can be allocated at least 10 mu of land. There is currently a population of about 7,000 in the city of Athens. After completing the land distribution, Murphy calculated a total of 100,000 mu of land, that is, 100 square kilometers of land was allocated to the citizens of Athens. It accounts for about one-sixth of the total area of ​​cultivated land that can be reclaimed.

In fact, there is no way to cultivate all the allocated land for the time being.

Because the irrigation ditches have not been completed, the land that has actually been dug out in the territory is about 50,000 mu. These lands are near the Nidolia River, which is very fertile and good for irrigation and so on. Half of the reclaimed land is used to grow winter wheat, and the other half is used to grow other crops such as potatoes and corn. For now, due to land reclamation, the labor force in the territory is very insufficient.

Since September, the city of Athens has dug half of the moat and had to temporarily suspend work.

Because of the defeat of the Gnoll, the human city-state built a fortress and set up a defense line in the canyon. Murphy's territory is still very safe for the time being. So Murphy temporarily shifted the focus of construction from defense to development. He transferred all the goblin slaves to those who cultivated the farmland. These little men can do a little farming. As long as someone supervises and teaches them, two or three goblins can be worth an adult labor force.

The reason for this is simple, he wants to reclaim part of the land before October, and then plant winter wheat.

As long as winter wheat can be planted and harvested until next year, even if the yield is really poor, 2 stones per mu means 200 catties of grain per mu. That 50,000 mu is also an astonishing output of 100,000 shi! Enough for Murphy's territory to be self-sufficient and self-sufficient within a year! In fact, Murphy really didn't believe that his territory would fail. Because the land along the Nidolia River is very fertile, and another priesthood of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is—abundance!

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In the past half month, with the efforts of more than 5,000 adult laborers and nearly 20,000 goblins, the territory has finally completed the simplest reclamation.

That is, digging ditches, clearing land, diverting water for irrigation, and so on.

In terms of water conservancy, Murphy is currently arranging for the population to build waterwheels, water conservancy mills and so on. However, it will take some time. For the time being, we still have to rely on manpower to solve the problem.

Because of the goblin hard work, Murphy diverted water from a gentle tributary of the Nidolia River, and dug a ditch around this tributary.

Until today, the 50,000 mu of land has finally been preliminarily completed.

"Crop Rotation: Crop rotation and basic land management techniques keep farm resources from being depleted quickly. By cultivating a different crop each year and letting the land go fallow or set aside, the productivity of the land is slowly restored. Crop yields are thus Increase. And increasing production will also promote population growth. The use of slave labor will also help increase production. Because farmers will demand more agricultural products. When cities grow, this kind of agriculture can be upgraded.

Crop rotation and basic land management techniques will keep farm resources from depleting quickly and crop yields will increase. (crop yield +3)"

Crop rotation is an improvement on the premise of communal farms.

That is, the citizens of the entire city work together, use tools together, and distribute the harvest. This can save resources such as manpower and tools.

Everything Murphy is doing now is working hard for the fourth farming level in the auxiliary system of "Total War", that is - water conservancy irrigation!

At present, his idea is to lay the foundation for water conservancy irrigation first.

In the future, as the city of Athens is upgraded to become a big city, it will not need to consume too much manpower in farming.

In fact, in order to reclaim these lands, Murphy almost stopped most of the construction in the territory. Even part of the Greek heavy infantry was arranged by him to work in the ground. All the efforts are worthwhile, because in another half a month, after all the tedious details such as irrigation and weeding of the cultivated land are completed, winter wheat and other crops can be planted.

at dusk.

"Your Excellency, the harvest statistics are out." As soon as he returned to the Governor's Mansion, the police officer trotted to Murphy's side.

Murphy nodded when he heard the words, reached out to take the notebook and read it.

The yield of spring wheat is not very high. On average, it is only about two and a half stones per mu. In the first 2,000 acres of arable land, the total harvest of spring wheat is about 2,300 stones. This data is still within Murphy's acceptable range. After all, spring wheat production is inherently insufficient. And there are no chemical fertilizers in this world, they are just some primitive fertilizers. Although Murphy has consciously built public toilets and raised pigs and animals to manure, etc., the effect may not be too obvious for a while.

However, the corn production in this world discovered and promoted by the elves is pretty good.

Counting the one month late cultivation, the average yield per mu is more than 500 catties!

This is already a very good output in this era, and it can be regarded as a bumper harvest!

The nutritional value of corn is not as good as that of wheat, and it is generally not used as a staple food. The main function of corn is as fodder, wine making, etc. The stalks and leaves obtained from corn are good fuel, and can also be used for filling, that is, like Zhongtu, after harvesting rice, put the corn stalks under the bed and sleep in winter. It will be much warmer when you get up. It is said that corn stalks can also be used to make paper, but as far as the current level of technology is concerned, it is not necessary to consider it for the time being.

Although the nutritional value of corn is not as good as that of grains, in fact, in this era of relatively poor materials, corn is also one of the main foods for the poor.

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The trade in the territory is mainly based on coal and high-quality timber, and now the slave trade has basically stopped.

Murphy had to spend his time looking for another way out of trade.

The first thing he thought of was - wine!

There are mainly two kinds of wine in this world, one is wine, which is aimed at the aristocratic class. The other is ale, that is, low-alcohol beer, which is the mainstream of ordinary poor people's consumption. There have been people in this world who used corn to make wine, but it was not very popular.

Murphy knows how to make wine from corn. Fermentation is nothing more than using koji after cooking.

This world has wine-making technology, and using corn to make wine is not a problem at all. Murphy can definitely recruit people from the aborigines.

But the problem is that the key is, Murphy doesn't know how to distill at all!

This is a rather embarrassing question.

As a member of the earth, Murphy only learned a little about a simple distillation device in junior high school physics. But when it comes to wine making, he has no idea how to do it.

He is not a person suitable for technical research work.

His strength is control, and he is the strength of employing people!

In fact, Murphy's original intention was to test whether the aborigines in this world could accept shochu, that is, high-quality distilled alcohol.

I don't know if ordinary poor people like Murphy, but the barbarians and soldiers in this world should like it very much.

Pure man, drink hard liquor.

This kind of man who survived bloody killings would definitely like this kind of high-alcohol spirits very much. And Murphy's other idea is military use. The first use he thought of for distilled alcohol was not to make money, but for medical disinfection. Holy water can also be disinfected, but the yield is too low, and it is not easy to preserve. In this primitive era, wound infection and festering were an important cause of death.

And if there is alcohol, then the effect will be very obvious!

This could save the lives of countless Athenian warriors!

"It's a pity we can't build the Dionysus Temple. If there are Dionysian priests, I guess they can figure out how to distill it?" Murphy rubbed his head, and could only temporarily put this idea aside.

He just knows a little bit of the simple principle of distillation, and if he really wants to do it, he has to recruit people to study it slowly.

And confidentiality is also very important!

If distilled alcohol can be produced, presumably the territory can also generate an extra trade income.

Murphy would not be so stupid to use grain to make wine.

Grain is an important strategic reserve resource. As we all know, winemaking consumes a lot of grain. In ancient times, wine was once a luxury and was only used during sacrifices. But if the wine is made from a high-yield crop like corn, Murphy can accept it. After all, he does not plan to raise pigs in captivity on a large scale, and the citizens of the territory will not eat corn as their staple food.

Simply put, wine can bring a lot of income to the territory.

But it is absolutely impossible for a territory and a city-state to become stronger and stronger because of wine! Moreover, Murphy absolutely does not hope that alcohol will play an important role in the city of Athens, so that in the future the city will probably have a large number of alcoholics and idiots!

Even if distilled alcohol is developed, he must strictly control it in his own hands.

Citizens are absolutely not allowed to make wine without permission!

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