The Extraordinary Earl

Silver Wing City.

Giethoorn.

Giethoorn is a large agricultural village with an adult population of about 3,000 and more than 2,900 people engaged in agricultural production.

The ancestors of Giethoorn have always followed ancient traditions, plowing fields, planting crops, weeding, and harvesting in autumn.

But this year is different. According to the promotion of the city hall, they learned to use Bass cattle to plow the fields and use manure to fertilize the fields.

Of course, there were people who questioned before the work started, but the voices of doubt were suppressed under the resounding names of Luther and Pompeii.

Many, many people trust this name.

Luther, Pompeii.

Today, Giethoorn welcomes the joy of harvest. Except for those who could not walk, all the elderly and children from every household went into battle and went to the fields to cut wheat.

The golden wheat and heavy ears filled the farmers with joy.

"Asia, I have been farming for thirty years, and I have never seen such heavy ears of wheat." Ani, a thirty-six-year-old farmer, has been working in the fields since he was six years old, but he has never seen such heavy ears of wheat. Full ears of wheat.

Ani picked a grain of wheat, chewed it in his mouth, and said to his wife with a grin.

Ani's wife Asia has never seen such plump ears of wheat. Her freckled face was also filled with the joy of the harvest.

Arnie and Garcia's children are now teenagers. They also know what this year's bumper harvest means and are smiling happily.

Arnie looked at his eldest son, Oxford, who was eighteen years old. This is a great young man, as strong as a calf. He is a good farmer.

But what dissatisfied Arnie was that Oxford put down the farmland at home and concentrated on attending the junior school run by the Governor.

Oxford saw no future in farming.

"Because of the Bath cattle, we can open up some abandoned fields. Farming is the most promising. I want to convince Oxford that there is no future in going to school."

Arnie said to Garcia.

"Yes, our ancestors were all farmers, and there was no future in going to school." Asia also nodded heavily.

Because of their knowledge and vision, farmers are always more short-sighted than city dwellers. So far, many children have benefited from the free schools run by Luther, but there are also some children who have not been able to go to school due to their parents' reasons.

Seeing such a great harvest, this couple planned to cut off their son's learning path.

But Luther would not let them get their wish.

"Oh oh oh, we don't have to go hungry this year." At this time, the heart-rending roars of the Abida brothers rang out from the neighbor's farmland.

Ani and Asia looked up and showed knowing smiles. This pair of brothers are also poor people. Their family has very little farmland but a large population.

The two brothers plus their respective wives, plus the four or five children each gave birth to, the total population totaled more than a dozen.

There was not much farmland to their name, and the brothers never had enough to eat. But things are different now.

According to an announcement from the city hall, farmland fertilized with manure will produce 30% more food this year than in previous years.

"Don't forget, the tax announced by the city hall this year is twenty to one, twenty to one. This is a very low tax. You must know that the tax in the Silver Wing collar in previous years was ten to one, just like the cruel Marquis Parker. It's a heavy tax of ten to two. This is the whirlwind blowing from Pompeii, long live the White Eagle."

A fat farmer drove by and laughed out loud when he saw the happy Asia, Ani's family, and the Abida brothers.

"Yes, the tax announced by the city hall this year is 1 in 20."

The two Asiya families woke up and laughed happily.

The White Eagle Territory was previously composed of six territories, but is now divided into seven cities. Previously, the great nobles and knight lords had the right to set taxes.

As a result, the tax situation in the entire region was very complicated. The kind lords took good care of the people, while the cruel lords tried every means to reduce the farmers' rations.

And now the city hall collects taxes uniformly, twenty to one, which is a very low tax.

Long live Pompeii! ! !

The villagers of Giethoorn were cheering, but the knowledgeable people in the village were a little worried.

The head of Giethoorn, at home in Montenegro.

The lowest administrative unit of Baiying is the village. The village chief is mainly elected by the villagers, and generally the elders with high moral character are given priority.

This type of village will be equipped with two or more village officials according to the size of the village to help the village chief handle situations, disputes and other issues in the village.

The current village chief of Giethoorn Village is Heishan.

One is an old man who is over fifty years old, has read a book, and went out to work in his early years to see the world.

The head of Heishan Village summoned five village officials to his home today to discuss matters.

In the simple meeting room, the face of the village chief of Heishan was very solemn, and the village officials were also aware of the problem, and they were all very serious.

"When officials from the city hall came to promote manure fertilization fields, I was still skeptical. But now I am convinced that this year's food will be 30% more than last year. And last year was also a bumper harvest, and we haven't finished the food at home yet. The merchants have not sold out their food. This year’s harvest is 30% more than last year’s. The poor villagers will certainly be able to eat, but the price of food will inevitably drop.”

The head of Heishan Village said solemnly.

"It will definitely decrease. Many of our villages in the White Eagle Territory are close to the endless deep forest. These villages independently cut down forests, cultivated fields, and used the power of Bass cattle to greatly increase the farmland area. I see the grain production in the White Eagle Territory this year. , probably 40% more than last year.”

A village official said with an ugly expression.

"Hey, what's going on? Eight years ago, there was a drought. The food in the village was reduced by half. Everyone could only eat half full every day, and some people didn't even have half full. At that time, I looked forward to coming next year every day. A bumper harvest. I thought nothing could compare to a bumper harvest, but now, the Pompeii family has been kind enough to announce and promote their agricultural technology. The bumper harvest is a huge bumper harvest, but we have to worry about food prices. ”

The head of Heishan Village sighed, feeling a little complicated.

A huge harvest means everyone has enough to eat. But after eating, I feel happy.

Sure enough, people's hearts are not enough.

After eating a full meal, people will ask for more.

"Forget it, we can't come up with anything even if we sit here and discuss it. I hope the price of food won't drop too much." Heishan Village Chief sighed, and this time the village meeting ended.

The village officials each left worriedly.