You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 199 Bringing Down the Price
The low price, even without the ability to reforge, attracted a buying frenzy among merchants.

This also gave Roman a great deal of financial leeway.

Because he has a genuine scarcity of metal currency, in order to improve the Apostle panel, he was almost bankrupt. He even had to issue IOUs for his pension, or he could only receive in-kind compensation.

It's not just that he's scarce.

These kinds of metal resources are also very scarce among the noble families.

Gold, silver, copper, and iron.

The reason these four metals retain their value is because they can be directly converted into extraordinary resources.

It can be transformed into—Adamantite, Mithril, Orichalco, and Magic Steel.

The value of precious metals fluctuates only with resource extraction and social development.

However, if the metal itself has strategic value, then that will also affect its value.

Even oresite copper won't be much cheaper than gold.

A knight in arms made of a pound of fine gold is sent to fight a knight in arms made of a hundred pounds of ores.

The loser is not necessarily the latter.

This also involves the military units of the Conqueror Knights.

To this day, those most fearsome conquering knights have still not been mobilized.

An ordinary gold coin contains only about three grams of gold.

A single silver coin weighs over six grams and is of good quality.

The copper coins weighed as much as ten grams and had virtually no impurities.

Magic steel is actually considered inferior.

Because, compared to the other three types of metals, magic steel has the lowest value, possessing only attributes such as hardness, sharpness, and durability.

However, dynamic changes are inevitable in the operation of society.

There is an unseen hand adjusting the exchange rate between real gold and silver.

After all, it would be disastrous if they encountered a wealthy landowner who was short of money.

Because a king who is short of money will recall the old currency and push for the minting of new currency.

The 3-gram gold coin was recast, leaving only 2 grams of gold.

Then the king tells you that the two are of equal value.

In any case, the monetary systems of other kingdoms are constantly changing, and the more developed a society becomes, the less valuable its currency becomes.

The gold and silver content in the Black Iron Lands is quite stable.

The Conqueror's prestige was so high that no Iron King dared to replace his portrait with his own.

……

The three-day celebration has ended.

Roman immediately arrested all the laborers.

There is currently a sufficient labor force.

After all, they had just arrested five or six thousand people.

We'll talk about registering households later.

Go and start planting now!
The newly harvested wheat fields, covering tens of thousands of acres, are now covered with stubble, awaiting the next round of cultivation.

For this round of farming, Roman again chose legumes.

Soybeans, peas, broad beans...

Plant whatever you have.

There are a total of 5,000 farmers.

They work in groups of 500 people, each group having a division of labor and being responsible for cultivating 1,000 mu of land.

Roman used lime lines to demarcate the work area for each group.

Experienced farmers guide inexperienced farmers.

Because collective labor and family labor are two completely different modes, they need to adapt gradually.

The heavy plow cut straight across, as if a plowshare had cleaved through butter, revealing the dark brown, moist soil.

Grass roots and insects will be turned up in the process and then killed by the sun.

The others followed behind. They were responsible for weeding, picking up stones, and breaking up clods of earth.

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Two days later.

Roman stood at the edge of the field, shading his eyes with his hand.

The farming tasks are on track.

That morning, he rode his horse to the military camp.

First, they visited the wounded soldiers.

Their food and daily life were naturally taken care of by their comrades. Because of the celebration, the soldiers who had just experienced a brutal battle did not need to train and were given three days of rest.

So Roman had them take turns caring for the wounded soldiers.

The most hardworking were Roman's sergeants, those at the squad leader and company commander level.

The tasks of non-commissioned officers are very detailed and require extremely high qualities.

How high is it?
A squad of 11 men is led by a sergeant who trains them, provides them with food and water, and shares their daily needs.

If a soldier has a problem, the non-commissioned officer should be held responsible first. In any case, it is essential to maintain a cooperative atmosphere within the team.

The most tedious task is for the squad leader.

But the company commander has the heaviest training load.

Roman's requirement for company commanders was that they possessed the combat strength of knights—sometimes they charged ahead of even the squad leaders.

When necessary, they must act as the vanguard. Each company commander is responsible for managing 55 soldiers and 5 non-commissioned officers. At the very least, they must ensure that all of them recognize him and his voice.

Once the ranks are scattered, the surviving company commanders must play a role in stabilizing morale and regrouping the defeated troops by using their military ranks.

The task is too heavy, there's no other way.

Of course, non-commissioned officers also earn more.

The squad leader's monthly salary was four times that of a soldier, and his pension was five times that of a soldier.

The company commander's monthly salary was five times that of a soldier, and his pension was ten times that of a soldier—if you died in battle, your family would receive two gold coins every year.

The rank of captain is basically equivalent to that of a knight in arms. If he dies in battle, don't ask how much the compensation will be; Roman will personally take care of his family and descendants.

There are no higher military ranks available at the moment.

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The commendation ceremony has begun.

Roman had already prepared a list of soldiers to be commended, and everything was done according to the established procedures from last time.

Those who deserve promotion should be promoted, and those who deserve awards should be awarded.

Roman plans to increase the number of soldiers to three thousand.

He needs more than two hundred sergeants at the platoon leader level and fifty or sixty company commanders for this purpose, while the position of battalion commander is temporarily vacant and will be filled later.

Because it is too difficult to cultivate.

Putting everything else aside, at the very least, a non-commissioned officer's awareness should be higher than that of an ordinary soldier, right?

Non-commissioned officers are neither noblemen nor knights, but men to whom soldiers can entrust their lives.

Sending others to their deaths when trouble arises, and running away when danger strikes—this kind of behavior must be severely punished!

If they don't understand the responsibilities and burdens of a non-commissioned officer, how can they shoulder this duty?

This is a long-term process of education.

Comparatively speaking, a veteran with rich combat experience will not panic like an ordinary soldier in the face of war, and will often make the right judgment.

After the commendation ceremony concluded.

All production tasks are being expedited.

The town of Sig is now facing a housing shortage again.

During the summer harvest, Roman added 500 men to the construction team.

A total of one thousand people are working tirelessly on infrastructure projects.

Forty brick houses are being completed every day, with the goal of ensuring that everyone can live in a brick house this year.

The production difficulty is not high, and the number of workers is directly linked to the output.

Roman captured about two thousand defeated soldiers in the last war.

Some were conscripts of Count Condé, some were conscripts sent by his distant relatives, some were from the Vericcka family, some were from the Geyland family, and there were also dozens of beast warriors captured by heavily armed soldiers.

They're all able-bodied adults anyway.

Roman wouldn't let them go, nor would he keep them around for nothing.

Those who can be absorbed will be absorbed and become soldiers.

Those who cannot be absorbed are sent to do heavy work.

Coincidentally, the salt mines also needed a large increase in labor, and Roman wanted to increase output so that he could wipe out all the salt mine owners.

The coking and iron smelting sectors should also increase their production.

Send these people to the coal and iron town to mine for me.

There's absolutely no need to worry about rebellion.

This place is isolated from the world; it would be too difficult to escape.

Roman wouldn't mistreat them; he made sure they had enough to eat at every meal. At most, he would put shackles on their hands, but the food was still sufficient, in case they weren't motivated to work.

In this situation, there's no reason to court death.

Roman has no shortage of weapons; he is now focusing all his efforts on producing hammers and sickles, all of which he intends to sell!
Bangbang punched them twice!
Bring the price down!

Without iron farm tools and salt in their mouths, how can farmers achieve high productivity?
(End of this chapter)