Start as Inherited Baroness

"Okay, I won't tell you too much now. Let's sow the seeds first. I will personally guide you then." Simon smiled and said.

What he just talked about was nothing more than the Baojia system and the joint sitting system, a very useful way to control slaves.

In fact, many nobles in the Eagle Kingdom also use similar methods to deal with their subordinates or slaves, but the actual operation may not be precise enough.

Although in Simon's opinion, this method is ordinary, the Xia students of Blue Star basically understand it.

But here, only the heirs of the territory can learn the knowledge, and the relevant books are not passed on to the outside world.

"Yes, sir, I wonder what should be planted in each manor?" Mader asked more respectfully.

"It's better to adapt to local conditions, Charles. What kind of crops are more prosperous in these lands? Does each manor have its own emphasis?"

Simon doesn't know much about this, so it's better to ask professionals.

“Master, this land is relatively fertile, and you can grow anything.

However, the fields near the river are a bit better. You can grow some high-value wheat and have good output.

Barley can be planted further to the west... Rye doesn't have to be picked out so much, so it can be planted on the land in the far west.

Potatoes are best planted in...the area in the southwest where there are many shrubs before, so it should be suitable for growing black beans and horse beans.

In the northeastern area near the river, it would be nice to have a vegetable garden. It would be good to grow carrots, cauliflower, garlic, onions, beets... they are all very good.

There are more long-stemmed grasses in the land from the northwest to the forest, so raising livestock is not a big problem..."

Char immediately counted on his fingers and said a lot, and there was indeed something in his stomach.

Simon listened with interest, and finally smiled and said: "Yes, do a good job, from today on, your meals will correspond to the standards of a long archer.

If you can satisfy me, it is not impossible to give you a female slave to continue your bloodline. "

When Charles heard this, he was shocked. He came to his senses and knelt down and cried loudly: "Thank you Master! My kind Master! I am willing to do everything..."

"Okay, get up and let's see how you perform later.

Now you and Mader will work out the crops suitable for planting in each manor and report them to me, and I will make a decision.

You must give me a result before this evening, so go ahead. Simon smiled and said.

"Yes! Sir, please rest assured!"

Mader immediately responded, feeling greatly that this guy Charles was so lucky to have been favored by the Baron, and a slight sense of crisis arose in his heart.

Simon nodded and left.

But he did not return to the lord's hall. Instead, he went to look at the location of the castle in the north. This place was very close to the camp where he was currently staying.

Yaman was taking the masons and some serfs to ram earth to build a wall. Most of the people were working hard to lift wooden piles and pound the rammed earth. The earth was contained in a large wooden box with an opening on the top.

After tamping, remove the wooden boards on all sides, and you will get a square block of soil, which is quite strong.

This soil was not dug casually, but was carefully kneaded to appear off-white, mixed with slaked lime, clay, ordinary soil, sand and rye paste.

Yaman has already experimented, and adding rye paste can indeed increase the hardness and wear resistance of rammed earth blocks.

"Sir, the current progress is very smooth. The earth wall has been built for more than ten meters. After a few more days, it will become very strong.

Although it is not as good as rock construction, it is definitely much stronger than ordinary rammed earth walls, and rainwater should not have much impact on it. "

Yaman said excitedly, his eyes bright.

"Very well, you did well."

Simon responded and looked at the rammed earth wall, which was more than ten meters long, about six meters high and three meters thick.

Viewed from the back, the entire building is recessed at a height of about five meters, leaving a two-meter-wide passage.

An earth wall higher than the passage was built into a lookout and archery port.

In other words, the entire rammed earth wall is divided into two parts.

Below the height of five meters, there is a three-meter-thick solid wall, and above five meters, there is a much thinner defense structure, with an external passage for soldiers to move around.

Yaman's design is unremarkable, but it is stable and practical.

"There will be no shortage of rye. Don't worry about saving when you use it. Building a good wall is better than anything else."

Simon was quite satisfied, so he patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him.

"Lord Baron, please rest assured, I will definitely build the earth wall and castle." Yaman immediately saluted and assured.

"Well, don't tire yourself. Let the slaves do the heavy work."

Simon gave another instruction and left with his personal guards.

The rammed earth wall was built well, but it didn't take shape that quickly.

He didn't want to fool him with a defective product, so he had to be patient and let Yaman have enough time to tinker.

Simon returned to the lord's hall in the camp. He originally wanted to learn about heraldry, but Winis was watching, so he had to choose to practice spark magic.

Time passed quietly, and soon it was dusk.

The sky was full of sunset, and the red sunset passed through the window and fell at Simon's feet.

He looked at it quietly for a while, then reached out and grabbed it a few times.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the door: "Lord Baron, we have explored the most suitable crops for each manor."

It was Mader who came with Char.

Simon immediately put the roll of parchment recording the spark technique aside and said calmly: "Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mai Lan, who was guarding the door, opened the door, took the two of them in, and then pressed his sword to guard the baron's side.

"Sir, the first farm is suitable for growing wheat, vegetables, and barley, and the second farm is suitable for growing barley..."

Charle reported softly, lowering his head slightly.

Simon listened attentively, and Winnies, who was reading, also stopped, took out a pen and paper, and took notes.

After a long while, Charles finished speaking.

Simon went to see what Winnies had recorded, and after a while, he said: "The first, third, and fourth farms are close to the river, so let's grow wheat.

But one-third of the fields in the first farm are planted with vegetables, and carrots, garlic, cauliflower, and water spinach are selected (only these seeds).

The other two and five farms..."

He made some arrangements, half of the farms were planted with rye, and most of the rest were planted with barley.

A lot of black beans and horse beans were also planted, but the total was less than the field of one farm.

Potatoes were planted in a whole farm, and in addition, dozens of acres of economic crops such as grapes and hops were planted.

Mad and Charles received the instructions, memorized them, and then went back to carry them out.

Because a lot of food was taken for seeding, the temporary warehouse was quite empty.

After dinner, Simon went over alone, took some rye from the storage pen and put it down, and then left quietly.

It was not too much, and the guards in charge of guarding the warehouse could not tell if they did not count carefully.

In this way, a few days passed in a flash, and a light rain fell during this period, moistening the ground.

On this day, the slaves were sowing in the fields step by step, and they had already completed a small part.

Simon led the guards to patrol the fields leisurely, and did not notice that a group of strangers came from a distance.